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https://doi.org/10.15644/asc53/1/6
Knowledge and Attitudes of Primary Health Care Dentists Regarding Oral Cancer in Brazil
Augusto César Leal da Silva Leonel
orcid.org/0000-0002-8760-7328
; Zavod za preventivnu stomatologiju Stomatološkog fakulteta Državnog sveučilišta Department Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
Caio Belém Rodrigues Barros Soares
orcid.org/0000-0003-3849-087X
; Zavod za preventivnu stomatologiju Stomatološkog fakulteta Državnog sveučilišta Department Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
Jurema Freire Lisboa de Castro
orcid.org/0000-0003-3849-087X
; Zavod za preventivnu stomatologiju Stomatološkog fakulteta Državnog sveučilišta Department Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
Paulo Rogério Ferreti Bonan
orcid.org/0000-0002-4449-4343
; Stomatološki fakultet Državnog sveučilišta Paraíba, João Pessoa, Brazil
Flávia Maria de Moraes Ramos-Perez
; Zavod za preventivnu stomatologiju Stomatološkog fakulteta Državnog sveučilišta Department Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
Danyel Elias da Cruz Perez
orcid.org/0000-0002-4591-4645
; Zavod za preventivnu stomatologiju Stomatološkog fakulteta Državnog sveučilišta Department Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
Sažetak
Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the knowledge and attitudes of dentists working in Primary Health Care Units from a Brazilian city, regarding oral cancer. Materials and methods: A prospective, cross-sectional, epidemiologic survey was performed. Seventy-one dentists from Primary Health Care Units were contacted at their workplace, and participated of the study. Data were collected through a self-administered questionnaire of 31 multiple-choice questions addressing the main clinical features and risk factors for oral cancer. The questionnaire was divided into two sections: questions related to general data and self-perception of the participants regarding personal knowledge of oral cancer, and objective questions related to general information on oral cancer (clinical features, characteristics, traits, and risk factors). The data were tabulated and analyzed by descriptive statistics. Results: Participants were mostly females (81.5%), less than 40 years of age (57.7%), who underwent training 10–20 years ago (47.9 %). Most respondents (66.2%) considered their level of knowledge about oral cancer to be satisfactory. However, only 26.8% of tem felt that they were able to carry out diagnostic procedures for oral cancer. Most of them (95.8%) were interested in participating in training courses on Oral Diagnostics; 56.3% of them reported not having received any training or guidance on how to conduct an examination to detect oral cancer during undergraduate
training. Conclusions: These findings are consistent with previous reports and point to the need for new public policies to enable early diagnosis of oral cancer and a review of training in Oral Diagnostics
in dental schools.
Ključne riječi
Mouth Neoplasms; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; Dentists; Primary Health Care
Hrčak ID:
218004
URI
Datum izdavanja:
19.3.2019.
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