Assessment of testicular self-examination awareness and practice among adult males in Ajman, United Arab Emirates: A cross-sectional study

• Abubakker Siddiq Mohamed Hameed ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Abubakker Siddiq Mohamed Hameed, Mohammed Nayeem Shaji, Prasanna Appiya Premvignesh, Janet Chichu James, Miral Salama, Manda Venkatramana, Liju Susan Mathew, Neema Halfan, Anusha Sreejith, Jayadevan Sreedharan

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Higher Diploma in Pre-clinical Sciences Program, Gulf Medical University, Ajman, United Arab Emirates

  https://orcid.org/0009-0007-9822-1440

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• Mohammed Nayeem Shaji ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Abubakker Siddiq Mohamed Hameed, Mohammed Nayeem Shaji, Prasanna Appiya Premvignesh, Janet Chichu James, Miral Salama, Manda Venkatramana, Liju Susan Mathew, Neema Halfan, Anusha Sreejith, Jayadevan Sreedharan

  Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Higher Diploma in Pre-clinical Sciences Program, Gulf Medical University, Ajman, United Arab Emirates

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• Prasanna Appiya Premvignesh ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Abubakker Siddiq Mohamed Hameed, Mohammed Nayeem Shaji, Prasanna Appiya Premvignesh, Janet Chichu James, Miral Salama, Manda Venkatramana, Liju Susan Mathew, Neema Halfan, Anusha Sreejith, Jayadevan Sreedharan

  Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Bachelor of Biomedical Science Program, Gulf Medical University, Ajman, United Arab Emirates

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• Janet Chichu James ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Abubakker Siddiq Mohamed Hameed, Mohammed Nayeem Shaji, Prasanna Appiya Premvignesh, Janet Chichu James, Miral Salama, Manda Venkatramana, Liju Susan Mathew, Neema Halfan, Anusha Sreejith, Jayadevan Sreedharan

  Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Higher Diploma in Pre-clinical Sciences Program, Gulf Medical University, Ajman, United Arab Emirates

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• Miral Salama ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Abubakker Siddiq Mohamed Hameed, Mohammed Nayeem Shaji, Prasanna Appiya Premvignesh, Janet Chichu James, Miral Salama, Manda Venkatramana, Liju Susan Mathew, Neema Halfan, Anusha Sreejith, Jayadevan Sreedharan

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Gulf Medical University, Ajman, United Arab Emirates

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• Manda Venkatramana ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Abubakker Siddiq Mohamed Hameed, Mohammed Nayeem Shaji, Prasanna Appiya Premvignesh, Janet Chichu James, Miral Salama, Manda Venkatramana, Liju Susan Mathew, Neema Halfan, Anusha Sreejith, Jayadevan Sreedharan

  Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Consultant Surgeon, Thumbay Hospital, Ajman, United Arab Emirates

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• Liju Susan Mathew ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Abubakker Siddiq Mohamed Hameed, Mohammed Nayeem Shaji, Prasanna Appiya Premvignesh, Janet Chichu James, Miral Salama, Manda Venkatramana, Liju Susan Mathew, Neema Halfan, Anusha Sreejith, Jayadevan Sreedharan

  Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Gulf Medical University, Ajman, United Arab Emirates

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• Neema Halfan ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Abubakker Siddiq Mohamed Hameed, Mohammed Nayeem Shaji, Prasanna Appiya Premvignesh, Janet Chichu James, Miral Salama, Manda Venkatramana, Liju Susan Mathew, Neema Halfan, Anusha Sreejith, Jayadevan Sreedharan

  Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Gulf Medical University, Ajman, United Arab Emirates

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• Anusha Sreejith ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Abubakker Siddiq Mohamed Hameed, Mohammed Nayeem Shaji, Prasanna Appiya Premvignesh, Janet Chichu James, Miral Salama, Manda Venkatramana, Liju Susan Mathew, Neema Halfan, Anusha Sreejith, Jayadevan Sreedharan

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Community Medicine, Gulf Medical University, Ajman, United Arab Emirates, Thumbay Institute of Population Health, College of Medicine, Gulf Medical University, Ajman, United Arab Emirates

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• Jayadevan Sreedharan ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Abubakker Siddiq Mohamed Hameed, Mohammed Nayeem Shaji, Prasanna Appiya Premvignesh, Janet Chichu James, Miral Salama, Manda Venkatramana, Liju Susan Mathew, Neema Halfan, Anusha Sreejith, Jayadevan Sreedharan

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Community Medicine, Gulf Medical University, Ajman, United Arab Emirates, Thumbay Institute of Population Health, College of Medicine, Gulf Medical University, Ajman, United Arab Emirates

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• Jayakumary Muttappallymyalil

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: dr.jayakumary@gmu.ac.ae

  Affiliations Department of Community Medicine, Gulf Medical University, Ajman, United Arab Emirates, Thumbay Institute of Population Health, College of Medicine, Gulf Medical University, Ajman, United Arab Emirates

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3679-8811

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