Knowledge, attitude and screening practices of general dentists concerning oral cancer in Bangalore city

Kumar, KR Vinod; Suresan, Vinay

doi:10.4103/0019-509x.98915

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“…The study showed that despite knowledge of dental students of the risk factors and age prone to oral cancer, only 31.5% of them fully performed oral cancer examination in their patients that is consistent with previous report [17] and similar to the results obtained within the country [18][19][20].…”

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“…In Kuwait only 23 percent of dentists are aware of the risk factors and stages of oral cancer detection [16]. In India on 240 dentists, 99 percent of dentists were aware of the relationship between tobacco use and oral cancer [17]. Therefore, it can be concluded that the majority of dentists around the world recognize the major risk factors but have less information on other risk factors.…”

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Knowledge and Attitude of Iranian Dental and Medical Students towards Oral Precancerous Lesions

Khodaparast

Lotfi

Hashemipour

2018

Pesqui. bras. odontopediatria clín. integr.

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Objective:To investigate the level of dental and medical students' awareness and their attitude towards Oral cancer in Kerman, Iran. Material and Methods: The research is considered as a cross-sectional analytical study. A questionnaire was distributed among dental and medical students, reliability and validity of which has been confirmed through statistical tests and experts' point of views. The questionnaire includes some questions for measurement of awareness and attitude of students in terms of diagnose, risk factor, and prognosis of lesions suspicious of malignancy, in the mouth. The results were analyzed using Mann-Whitney, Chi-square, Spearman, and ANOVA. Results: 350 questionnaires were distributed among dentistry and medical students, of which 318 were returned (90.8%). Dental students (16.32 ±3.1) achieved higher awareness score compared to the medical students (11.67 ±3.1). No significant relationship existed between age, gender, and average awareness score (p=0.023, and p=0.014, respectively). Dental students had more positive attitude in comparison to medical students; however, there was no significant relationship between age and positive attitude. Conclusion: Dentists and physicians do not have enough knowledge for cancer-related examinations, despite their professional obligations. The study shows training programs to be required in relation to risk factors and prognosis of oral cancer in form of refresher programs, and more emphasis in students' curriculum.

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Knowledge and Attitude of Iranian Dental and Medical Students towards Oral Precancerous Lesions

Khodaparast

Lotfi

Hashemipour

2018

Pesqui. bras. odontopediatria clín. integr.

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“…Responses to questionnaire items in the practice section indicated that 94.2% of respondents in the present study referred patients with suspicious oral lesions to specialists; this was consistent with the findings of Vijay Kumar et 22,24,29,34 It should be noted that 57% of the undergraduate dental students in Kujan et al 's study believed that it was not their responsibility to encourage patients to give up smoking. 14 In the final short-form version of the questionnaire designed in the present study, the questionnaire item on the number of biopsies taken was removed; moreover, no items on the number of oral cancer examinations performed were included.…”

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confidence: 87%

“…In comparison, Vijay Kumar et al reported that 59% of Indian dentists correctly responded to this question. 22 López-Jornet et al reported that short-term oral cancer knowledge scores among the general population increased following an educational intervention. 23 With regards to knowledge of the metastatic lymph node characteristics of oral cancer, 48.6% of respondents in the current study provided correct responses.…”

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“…smoking and alcohol use). 19,22,25,26 One reason for removing this item from the final version of the short-form questionnaire was because it was deemed relatively easy in comparison to other knowledge-related questions. However, Horowitz et al reported low overall knowledge of risk factors and signs or symptoms of oral cancer among adults in the general population.…”

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Validation of a Persian Short-Form Version of a Standardised Questionnaire Assessing Oral Cancer Knowledge, Practice and Attitudes Among Dentists

Navabi¹,

Hashemipour²,

Roughani³

2017

SQUMJ

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abstract:Objectives: Oral cancer is a global health problem; however, many dentists lack the necessary skills, knowledge and capacity to diagnose oral cancers early. This study aimed to examine the validity and reliability of a Persian short-form version of a standardised questionnaire to assess dentists' knowledge, practice and attitudes towards oral cancer. Methods: This cross-sectional analytical study was carried out in May 2015 in Tehran, Iran. An original 39-item English-language questionnaire developed by Yellowitz et al. was translated into Persian using forward and backward translation methods. A total of 15 dental professionals were asked to assess the questionnaire for content validity. Based on their feedback, a 20-item short-form version was prepared, including six demographic, six knowledge, four attitude and four practice items. The translated short-form questionnaire was subsequently distributed to 973 general dental practitioners attending a dental conference in Tehran. Internal consistency and reliability were assessed with Cronbach's alpha coefficient and item-total correlation calculations. Results: A total of 13 professionals and 313 general dentists participated in the study (response rates: 86.7% and 32.2%, respectively). After the elimination of six items (two knowledge, two attitude and two practice items), the validity and reliability of the questionnaire was confirmed. Conclusion: The final Persian 14-item version of the questionnaire had acceptable validity and internal consistency. These results indicate that researchers can use this translated short-form version to evaluate oral cancer knowledge, attitudes and practices among Persian-speaking dentists; this will allow for a comparison of data between different populations.

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Dental students’ knowledge of characteristics and management of oral complications of cancer therapy

Alpöz

Güneri

Epstein

et al. 2013

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Our results disclosed that dental students' knowledge about oral complications of cancer therapy and the modalities to manage these complications vary. Reevaluation of current undergraduate curricula and continuing education for graduates might address the gaps identified and an educational program about oral and dental management of patients who are to receive/receiving/have received cancer therapy can be prepared and augmented into dental curriculum.

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Knowledge, attitude and screening practices of general dentists concerning oral cancer in Bangalore city

Cited by 37 publications

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Knowledge and Attitude of Iranian Dental and Medical Students towards Oral Precancerous Lesions

Knowledge and Attitude of Iranian Dental and Medical Students towards Oral Precancerous Lesions

Validation of a Persian Short-Form Version of a Standardised Questionnaire Assessing Oral Cancer Knowledge, Practice and Attitudes Among Dentists

Dental students’ knowledge of characteristics and management of oral complications of cancer therapy

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