Effect of education about andropause health on level of the knowledge and attitude of men referring to the education and training retirement center of Shiraz

Figures & data

Figure 1. Flow diagram of enrollment.

Table 1. Comparison of demographic characteristics of the participants.

Demographic characteristics	Intervention group	Control group	p value*
Age	66.95 ± 7.72	69.80 ± 5.63	.07
Marriage status			.36
Single	7.5%	20%
Married	82.5%	70%
Widow	5%	7.5%
Divorce	5%	2.5%
Educational level
Diploma	17.5%	12.5%	.10
Associate’s degree	30%	32.5%
Bachelor of Science	32.5%	52.5%
Master of Science	17.5%	2.5%
Above	2.5%	2.5%
Hx of prostate disease			.27
Yes	75%	72.5%
No	25%	27.5%
Hx of HRT			.08
Yes	–	7.5%
100%	No	92.5%

^* Independent t-test & chi-square was used. Significant level was .05.

Table 2. Comparison of mean score of knowledge between intervention and control groups before and after the intervention.

Group	Pre-test	Post-test immediately after intervention	Post-test 1 month after intervention	p value**
Intervention	2.92 ± 1.68	1.34 ± 16.22	1.32 ± 15.07	<.001
Control	1.78 ± 2.52	1.82 ± 3.9	1.89 ± 3.25	<.001
p value*	.306	<.001	<.001

^* Independent t-test was used. Significant level was .05.

^** Repeated measure analysis of variances was used. Significant level was .05.

Table 3. Comparison of mean score of attitudes between intervention and control groups before and after intervention.

Group	Pre-test	Post- test immediately after intervention	Post- test 1 month after intervention	p value**
Intervention	14.9 ± 1.08	1.44 ± 28.52	1.38 ± 29.15	<.001
Control	1.42 ± 15.37	1.76 ± 16.57	1.66 ± 16.51	<.001
p-value*	.097	<.001	<.001

^* Independent t-test was used. Significant level was .05.

^** Repeated measure analysis of variances was used. Significant level was .05.