Wen Yan, Min Li, Ling Luo, Xiangqun Ju, Lisa Jamieson, Fan Liu
Oral health literacy and its associated factors among nurses: A cross-sectional study
Journal of clinical nursing
aim study investigate knowledge vulvar anatomy vulvar selfexamination vse sample italian women attending gynecology clinic original research may july 2019 512 women attending lower genital tract clinic department surgical sciences university torino invited participate 29question survey vulvar anatomy vse sociodemographic details data analyzed using descriptive statistics 512 patients 500 completed questionnaire 98 response rate mean age respondents 41 years range 1777 years education level evenly distributed elementary high school university graduates 15 interviewed women able correctly sketching vulvar anatomy seventysix percent women heard vse 61 women approach genitalia feelings shame embarrassment 23 women would seek medical advice identification possible abnormalities vse majority 69 women would like information vse vulvar health educational videos social media education vse may lead earlier diagnosis vulvar cancers pathologies efforts needed disperse information normal external female genital anatomy vse achieve selfconfidence among women