Mehdizadeh Mohammad, Seyed Majidi Maryam, Sadeghi Saber, Hamzeh Mahtab
Dept. of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran.
Dept. of Oral Pathology, Faculty of Dentistry, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran.
Iran J Cancer Prev. 2014 Spring;7(2):101-4.
Oral cancer has emerged as a significant cause of global public health concern. If a cancerous lesion is diagnosed in primary stages, the survival rate would be higher. Thus, the aim of this study was to evaluate knowledge, attitude and practice of general dentist regarding oral cancer in Sari, Iran.
This cross sectional analytical study was performed on general dentists of Sari, Iran. The dentists were given a questionnaire including demographic characteristics of the dentists and questions about knowledge, attitude and practice regarding oral cancer. Data were subjected to SPSS 18.0. Quantitative data were reported as mean (±SD) and qualitative data were shown as percent. Kolmogorov- Smirnoff sample test, t-test (p<0.07 was considered statistically significant)' equivalent nonparametric test and Spearman's rho test was used for statistical analysis.
Total mean score of knowledge, mean score of females and mean score of males was 20.88±8.53, 20.96±7.62 and 20.71±10.43, respectively. Age and sex had no correlation with score of knowledge.
Dentists of Sari do not have enough knowledge about oral cancer.
口腔癌已成为全球公共卫生关注的一个重要原因。如果癌性病变在早期被诊断出来，生存率会更高。因此，本研究的目的是评估伊朗萨里市普通牙医对口腔癌的知识、态度和实践情况。
本横断面分析研究在伊朗萨里市的普通牙医中进行。向牙医发放了一份问卷，包括牙医的人口统计学特征以及关于口腔癌知识、态度和实践的问题。数据采用SPSS 18.0进行分析。定量数据以均值（±标准差）报告，定性数据以百分比显示。采用柯尔莫哥洛夫-斯米尔诺夫样本检验、t检验（p<0.07被认为具有统计学意义）、等效非参数检验和斯皮尔曼等级相关系数检验进行统计分析。
知识的总平均得分、女性平均得分和男性平均得分分别为20.88±8.53、20.96±7.62和20.71±10.43。年龄和性别与知识得分无相关性。
萨里市的牙医对口腔癌没有足够的了解。
