López-Jornet P, Camacho-Alonso F, Molina Miñano F
Department of Oral Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Odontology, University of Murcia, Hospital Morales Meseguer, 30008 Murcia, Spain.
Oral Oncol. 2007 Jul;43(6):602-6. doi: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2006.07.004. Epub 2006 Sep 25.
The objective was to study the knowledge and attitude on risk factors in oral cancer held by dental hygienists working in private dental practices in the Autonomous Community of Murcia, Spain. An anonymous phone survey was made after obtaining consent from the interviewee. A simple randomized study was carried out and 240 dental hygienists were selected. The questionnaire was divided into three different parts: (1) professional data and years of practice; (2) knowledge of the risk factors in oral cancer and (3) education and training needs on oral cancer. The response rate was 58.3%. Regarding knowledge of the risk factors in oral cancer, 100% correctly identified tobacco and 90% alcohol, while only 50.7% identified sun exposure with labial cancer. Only 51.4% of the dental hygienists routinely gave advice to their patients on prevention of oral cancer. Furthermore, 57.1% did not consider themselves sufficiently well trained to discover suspected oral cancer lesions, and 84.3% recognized that their academic training on the early diagnosis and prevention of oral cancer was insufficient for their professional activity. To reduce morbidity and mortality of oral cancer it is necessary to implement training programs on oral cancer for dental hygienists, so they may acquire the necessary skills for its detection and prevention.
目的是研究在西班牙穆尔西亚自治区私人牙科诊所工作的口腔保健员对口腔癌危险因素的知识和态度。在获得受访者同意后进行了一项匿名电话调查。开展了一项简单随机研究，选取了240名口腔保健员。问卷分为三个不同部分：（1）专业数据和执业年限；（2）口腔癌危险因素知识；（3）口腔癌教育和培训需求。回复率为58.3%。关于口腔癌危险因素的知识，100%正确识别出烟草，90%正确识别出酒精，而只有50.7%识别出唇部癌症与日晒有关。只有51.4%的口腔保健员会定期向患者提供预防口腔癌的建议。此外，57.1%的人认为自己没有接受足够的培训来发现疑似口腔癌病变，84.3%的人认识到他们在口腔癌早期诊断和预防方面的学术培训不足以满足其专业活动的需要。为降低口腔癌的发病率和死亡率，有必要为口腔保健员实施口腔癌培训项目，以便他们能够获得检测和预防口腔癌所需的技能。
