Knowledge and Attitudes of Primary Health Care Dentists Regarding Oral Cancer in Brazil
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 Hea...
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| author | Augusto César Leal da Silva Leonel Caio Belém Rodrigues Barros Soares Jurema Freire Lisboa de Castro Paulo Rogério Ferreti Bonan Flávia Maria de Moraes Ramos-Perez Danyel Elias da Cruz Perez |
| author_facet | Augusto César Leal da Silva Leonel Caio Belém Rodrigues Barros Soares Jurema Freire Lisboa de Castro Paulo Rogério Ferreti Bonan Flávia Maria de Moraes Ramos-Perez Danyel Elias da Cruz Perez |
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| description | 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. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f4f41b357fdc4bcba51c263dc8441c542024-04-15T15:24:16ZengUniversity of Zagreb. School of Dental MedicineActa Stomatologica Croatica0001-70191846-04102019-01-01531556310.15644/asc53/1/6Knowledge and Attitudes of Primary Health Care Dentists Regarding Oral Cancer in BrazilAugusto César Leal da Silva Leonel0Caio Belém Rodrigues Barros Soares1Jurema Freire Lisboa de Castro2Paulo Rogério Ferreti Bonan3Flávia Maria de Moraes Ramos-Perez4Danyel Elias da Cruz Perez5Department of Clinical and Preventive Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, BrazilDepartment of Clinical and Preventive Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, BrazilDepartment of Clinical and Preventive Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, BrazilSchool of Dentistry, Stomatology Unit, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, João Pessoa, Paraíba, BrazilDepartment of Clinical and Preventive Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, BrazilDepartment of Clinical and Preventive Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, BrazilObjective: 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.https://hrcak.srce.hr/file/318196Mouth NeoplasmsHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeDentistsPrimary Health Care |
| spellingShingle | Augusto César Leal da Silva Leonel Caio Belém Rodrigues Barros Soares Jurema Freire Lisboa de Castro Paulo Rogério Ferreti Bonan Flávia Maria de Moraes Ramos-Perez Danyel Elias da Cruz Perez Knowledge and Attitudes of Primary Health Care Dentists Regarding Oral Cancer in Brazil Acta Stomatologica Croatica Mouth Neoplasms Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice Dentists Primary Health Care |
| title | Knowledge and Attitudes of Primary Health Care Dentists Regarding Oral Cancer in Brazil |
| title_full | Knowledge and Attitudes of Primary Health Care Dentists Regarding Oral Cancer in Brazil |
| title_fullStr | Knowledge and Attitudes of Primary Health Care Dentists Regarding Oral Cancer in Brazil |
| title_full_unstemmed | Knowledge and Attitudes of Primary Health Care Dentists Regarding Oral Cancer in Brazil |
| title_short | Knowledge and Attitudes of Primary Health Care Dentists Regarding Oral Cancer in Brazil |
| title_sort | knowledge and attitudes of primary health care dentists regarding oral cancer in brazil |
| topic | Mouth Neoplasms Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice Dentists Primary Health Care |
| url | https://hrcak.srce.hr/file/318196 |
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