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Table 3 Barriers and facilitators influencing the practice of TSE

From: The awareness and practice of testicular self-examination among male undergraduates in Nigeria: a descriptive cross-sectional study

S/N

Questions

Frequency (%)

1.

TSE plays a major role in the early detection of testicular cancer

120 (81)

2.

Lack of knowledge on how to do TSE

112 (76)

3.

I am afraid of discovering a lump

102 (69)

4.

Touching my testes is embarrassing

55 (37)

5.

Doing TSE is time-consuming

45 (30)

6.

Touching my testes is a sin

22 (15)

  1. Respondents were allowed to choose more than one response