title: Awareness and knowledge of andropause among Chinese males in Hong Kong.
abstract: This is a pilot study that explored the awareness and knowledge of andropause among Chinese males in Hong Kong. The study employed a structured questionnaire and a convenience sample of 500 individuals at the age > or =40 years participated in the survey. A total of 397 (79.4%) of the respondents were identified as andropause-enlightened, 88.2% of whom believed that andropause was a natural aging process. Mass media was the main source of andropausal information. The andropause-enlightened respondents had poor knowledge with the mean knowledge score of 5.94. The majority identified irritability (72.5%), loss of energy (66.5%), and loss of libido (60.7%) as symptoms. Less than half of the andropause-enlightened respondents expressed that andropause could be treated and only 34 knew testosterone replacement therapy as a treatment. The present findings underscore the need for provision of health education to increase the knowledge of andropause among adult males.
authors.affiliation: Department of Geography, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong. yyan@hkbu.edu.hk
authors.forename: Yuk Yee
authors.initials: YY
authors.lastname: Yan
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D000728:Androgens / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D047649:Andropause; D001364:Awareness; D002681:China / Q000208:ethnology; D003625:Data Collection; D006266:Health Education; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006723:Hong Kong; D020249:Hormone Replacement Therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008402:Mass Media; D008875:Middle Aged; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013739:Testosterone / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D000728:Androgens; D013739:Testosterone