Table 3.
Health Belief Factors among all participants; Separated by Sperm Banking Attempt and Successful Banking
| All patients | Sperm banking attempt | Successful sperm banking |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N=146 | No (n=68) |
Yes (n=78) |
No (n=82) |
Yes (n=64) |
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| M (SD) | M (SD) | M (SD) | M (SD) | M (SD) | |
| Perceived vulnerability | 15.8 (5.6) | 15.2 (5.3) | 16.2 (5.8) | 15.5 (5.2) | 16.0 (6.0) |
| Perceived severity | 10.0 (3.8) | 9.1 (3.3) | 10.7 (3.9) | 9.7 (3.7) | 10.4 (3.8) |
| Barriers to banking | |||||
| Influential authority figures | 19.1 (5.8) | 19.6 (6.7) | 18.7 (5.0) | 19.1 (6.4) | 19.1 (4.9) |
| Social influences | 17.4 (7.5) | 18.9 (7.6) | 16.1 (7.2) | 18.3 (7.5) | 16.3 (7.4) |
| Concerns for future children | 16.8 (4.8) | 16.8 (5.7) | 16.7 (3.8) | 16.7 (5.5) | 16.9 (3.6) |
| Sperm banking logistics | 29.2 (10.1) | 30.4 (11.9) | 28.2 (8.1) | 29.6 (11.3) | 28.7 (8.3) |
| Benefits of banking | 22.2 (4.0) | 19.6 (3.9) | 24.0 (2.8) | 20.5 (4.0) | 24.0 (2.9) |
| Self-efficacy | 14.2 (4.6) | 11.8 (5.0) | 16.0 (3.3) | 12.2 (4.8) | 16.5 (3.0) |
| Cues to action | |||||
| Medical | 1.3 (1.1) | 1.0 (1.0) | 1.6 (1.1) | 1.1 (1.1) | 1.6 (1.1) |
| Family & friends | 1.4 (1.5) | 1.0 (1.5) | 1.7 (1.5) | 1.0 (1.4) | 1.9 (1.5) |
| Media | 0.5 (0.6) | 0.6 (0.5) | 0.4 (0.7) | 0.6 (0.5) | 0.4 (0.7) |