Oral Cancer Knowledge and Experience: A Survey of South Carolina Medical Students in 2002

Reed, Susan G.; Duffy, Nadezhda; Walters, K. Christian; Day, Terry A.

doi:10.1207/s15430154jce2003_6

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“…It is the duty of a health care provider to fill the gap of knowledge by educating their patients about oral cancer if they observe him/her to be more prone of developing the disease depending on the risk factors involved. Studies show that there is a lack of general awareness even among the health care professionals also with regards to knowledge on oral cancer (Reed et al, 2005;Powe and Finnie, 2004;Cannick et al, 2005).…”

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Effectiveness of an Intervention Program on Knowledge of Oral Cancer among the Youth of Jazan, Saudi Arabia

Quadri

Saleh²,

Alsanosy³

et al. 2014

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

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Background: The study is the first of its kind to be conducted in Saudi Arabia (KSA), aiming to analyze the effectiveness of an intervention program in improving the knowledge of oral cancer among the youth. Materials and Methods: A total of 1,051 young Saudis (57% males and 43% females with a mean age of 20.4±1.98) were selected using multi-stage cluster sampling. Knowledge assessment was accomplished using a closed-ended questionnaire which was subjected to reliability tests. Prevalence of risk factors in relation to gender was analyzed using the chi-squared test. Effectiveness was calculated by comparing the pre-and post-intervention means, using the two-tailed paired t-test. Multiple logistic regression was employed in order to determine factors associated with awareness of risk habits, signs/symptoms and prevention of oral cancer. The significance level in this study was set at 0.05. Results: Females were seen to be more into the habit of sheesha smoking (3.3% rather than the use of other forms of risk factors. Prevalence of diverse risk factors such as cigarette smoking (20%), sheesha (15.3%), khat (27%) and shamma (9%) was seen among males. Gender and the use of modifiable risk factors among the study sample were significantly (p<0.001) associated with effectiveness of the intervention. The intervention program was highly effective (p<0.001) in improving the knowledge of oral cancer among the youth in Jazan, KSA. Multivariate analysis revealed that age and gender are the most significant factors affecting knowledge. Conclusions: The study gives a direction for further public health initiatives in this oral cancer prone region.

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Effectiveness of an Intervention Program on Knowledge of Oral Cancer among the Youth of Jazan, Saudi Arabia

Quadri

Saleh²,

Alsanosy³

et al. 2014

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

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“…It is the universities' duty to plan procedures for diagnostic assessment that are independent, valid and reliable besides permitting the achievement of the curriculum objectives. These procedures are particularly important when graduating medical and dental students are still deficient regarding certain risk factors, guidelines for oral screening, and head and neck examination techniques (6). Moreover, delays in referral of suspected oral cancer cases for treatment caused by the clinicians have been identified by several reports.…”

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“…However, several authors have identified insufficient educational preparedness of medical and dental professionals to reduce the burden of oral cancer through effective cancer control strategies such as reducing tobacco consumption, suggesting healthier diet and lifestyles and, particularly, performing early detection through screening examinations and appropriate follow-up (4) . This educational gap has also been identified among graduating medical and dental students around the world (5,6) . The introduction of guidelines for the referral of suspected cancer is an important step towards primary care practitioners identifying patients with oral malignancy and ensuring urgent specialist opinion (7) that has already been taken by some countries (8)(9)(10).…”

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The use of clinical guidelines for referral of patients with lesions suspicious for oral cancer may ease early diagnosis and improve education of healthcare professionals

Seoane

Corral-Lizana²,

González-Mosquera³

et al. 2011

Med Oral

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Early diagnosis and referral of oral cancer is essential. Successful implementation of clinical guidelines must include current practitioners and students. Objective: To evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of students at oral cancer screening and to assess the effectiveness of clinical referral guidelines. Study Design: Fifth year dental students were randomly allocated to either control (n=19) or experimental groups (n=18). Both received the customary training in oral diagnosis. The experimental group underwent a 2 hour workshop where the guidelines for the referral of suspicious lesions were discussed. Three months later, a set of 51 clinical cases including benign, malignant, and precancerous conditions/lesions were used to assess the screening ability of each subject. Results: All 37 students entered the study. Sensitivity (control group) ranged from 16.7% to 66.7%; the experimental group scored from 16.7% to 83.3%. Fifty percent of the experimental students reached sensitivity values ≥62.5% (p=0.01). Diagnostic specificity (control group) spanned from 80% to 93.3% (median=50%); amongst experimental group it ranged from 82.2% to 97.8% (median=92.8%); (p=0.003). Concordance -control group-was X=82.5 (SD=3.2), and X=88.2 (SD=4.3) for the experimental, (p>0.001). Cohen's kappa test was poor (K<0.40) for the controls and moderate for the experimental group. The experimental group referred more oral cancers urgently (p=0.002) and left less unreferred cancers (0.04). This group also referred more precancerous lesions/conditions urgently (p=0.02). Conclusions: The implementation of a clinical referral guideline at undergraduate level has proved valuable, under experimental conditions, to significantly increase diagnostic abilities of the examiners and thus to improve screening for oral cancer.

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“…11,16 Esto denota la gran necesidad de orientar programas para la divulgación de conocimientos básicos sobre cáncer bucal. Para ello, una tarea previa corresponde a identificar el grado de conocimiento básico de parte de la población sobre esta enfermedad.…”

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Conocimientos sobre factores de riesgo asociados a cáncer bucal en adultos residentes en el municipio de San Salvador

Méndez¹,

Díaz

García³

et al. 2016

Crea Ciencia

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ResumenEl cáncer bucal ha sido definido como la enfermedad ocasionada por la división anormal y sin control de células formadas en tejidos de la cavidad bucal y de la orofaringe. Sin embargo, el nivel de conocimiento sobre esta enfermedad puede ser limitado en la población. Esto se vuelve un problema pues su identificación y detección temprana garantizan un incremento en la tasa de supervivencia y una mejora en la calidad de vida como consecuencia de tratamientos médicos menos agresivos. Para la investigación se encuestó a un total de 300 participantes adultos del municipio de San Salvador, capital de El Salvador, sobre el conocimiento de factores de riesgo asociados a esta enfermedad. Los resultados señalaron un bajo grado de información por parte de la población, en particular, en función del género. Los hallazgos son una primera aproximación para ahondar en las variaciones en el tejido social. Esto permite comprender la necesidad de diseñar estrategias de intervención orientadas a las características poblacionales.Palabras clave: Cáncer bucal, factores de riesgo, adultos, San Salvador .

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Oral Cancer Knowledge and Experience: A Survey of South Carolina Medical Students in 2002

Cited by 29 publications

References 6 publications

Effectiveness of an Intervention Program on Knowledge of Oral Cancer among the Youth of Jazan, Saudi Arabia

Effectiveness of an Intervention Program on Knowledge of Oral Cancer among the Youth of Jazan, Saudi Arabia

The use of clinical guidelines for referral of patients with lesions suspicious for oral cancer may ease early diagnosis and improve education of healthcare professionals

Conocimientos sobre factores de riesgo asociados a cáncer bucal en adultos residentes en el municipio de San Salvador

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