Faculty of Medicine, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, La Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
BMC Med Educ. 2023 Apr 26;23(1):283. doi: 10.1186/s12909-023-04255-8.
Living safely sexuality and without risk to one's health is an international priority. The youth age group has specific characteristics that make it a particularly vulnerable group for adverse consequences such as unwanted pregnancies or sexually transmitted infections. Health professionals are an important group to address this issue; however, to achieve a good result, sufficient knowledge is required to solve all the issues. This study aimed to assess the level of knowledge of young university students studying a nursing or a medical degree.
A descriptive cross-sectional study of young medical and nursing students was conducted. The selection of participants was made by convenience. The Sexuality and Contraceptive Knowledge Instrument scale was used to measure knowledge level. A bivariate analysis was conducted using the Mann-Whitney U test or the Kruskal-Wallis H test, depending on the number of categories of the independent variable. Finally, a multivariate analysis was conducted using a multiple linear regression model, establishing the level of knowledge as the dependent variable and all variables that obtained statistical significance in the bivariate analysis as predictors. Data collection was carried out from October 2020 to March 2021.
The sample comprised 657 health university students. Participants had a good level of knowledge, with 77.9% answering 50% of the questions correctly. Before training, 34.15% of the participants did not pass 50% of the questions asked. This percentage decreased to 12.87% after receiving sexuality training during their university degrees. The main training gaps were found for the items on hormonal contraceptive methods. The bivariate analysis showed that female participants had significantly higher knowledge scores, as did those who had used a hormonal contraceptive method during the most recent intercourse or were aware of family planning centers. These variables maintained their significant effect at the multivariate level, obtaining two models with good explanatory power for participants of both university degrees.
The general level of knowledge of the healthcare students was high and sufficient after receiving training during the university degree (87.13% of the participants obtain more than 50% of items correct). The main training gap was found for items on hormonal contraceptive methods, which should be emphasized in future training programs.
安全地进行性行为且不损害健康是一项国际性优先事项。青年群体具有特定的特征，使他们成为易受意外怀孕或性传播感染等不良后果影响的特殊群体。卫生专业人员是解决这一问题的重要群体；然而，要取得良好的效果，就需要有足够的知识来解决所有问题。本研究旨在评估攻读护理或医学学位的青年大学生的知识水平。
对青年医学生和护生进行了描述性的横断面研究。参与者的选择采用方便抽样法。采用性与避孕知识工具量表来衡量知识水平。采用曼-惠特尼 U 检验或克朗巴赫-α 系数来进行双变量分析，具体取决于自变量的类别数。最后，采用多元线性回归模型进行多变量分析，将知识水平作为因变量，并将双变量分析中具有统计学意义的所有变量作为预测因子。数据收集于 2020 年 10 月至 2021 年 3 月进行。
样本包括 657 名卫生专业大学生。参与者的知识水平较好，77.9%答对了 50%的问题。在接受大学学位期间的性教育培训之前，有 34.15%的参与者没有答对 50%的问题。接受培训后，这一比例下降到 12.87%。培训差距主要集中在激素避孕方法的项目上。双变量分析显示，女性参与者的知识得分显著更高，最近一次性交中使用激素避孕方法或知晓计划生育中心的参与者也是如此。这些变量在多变量水平上仍保持显著影响，为两个大学学位的参与者建立了两个具有良好解释力的模型。
在接受大学学位期间的培训后，医学生和护生的总体知识水平较高且充足（87.13%的参与者答对了 50%以上的项目）。培训差距主要集中在激素避孕方法的项目上，这应该在未来的培训计划中得到强调。
