Monteiro Luís Silva, Warnakulasuriya Saman, Cadilhe Suzana, Sousa Duarte, Trancoso Pedro Ferreira, Antunes Luís, Salazar Filomena, Pacheco José Júlio
Medicine and Oral Surgery Department and Institute of Research and Advanced Training in Health Sciences and Technologies (IINFACTS), Higher Institute of Health Sciences (ISCS-N), CESPU, Paredes, Portugal.
Oral Medicine, Department of Clinical and Diagnostic Sciences, King's College London Dental Institute and WHO Collaborating Centre for Oral Cancer, London, United Kingdom.
J Investig Clin Dent. 2016 Aug;7(3):294-303. doi: 10.1111/jicd.12158. Epub 2015 May 15.
To assess the awareness and knowledge on oral cancer in a general population of Oporto city, in Portugal.
Face-to-face interviews were performed with 1116 individuals, resident in the city of Oporto. Participants' socio-demographic information, lifestyle habits and awareness, knowledge and beliefs on oral cancer were ascertained.
Breast cancer was the most mentioned being as heard of (69.8%), while oral cancer was one of the least heard of (23.7%). Tobacco was identified as a risk factor by 54.8% of individuals and this knowledge was associated with their education level (P < 0.001), dentist visits (P = 0.026), and tobacco consumption (P < 0.001). Fewer subjects (24.6%) referred to alcohol as a risk factor, and this knowledge was associated with their education level (P = 0.020) and dentist visits (P = 0.002). More than half the subjects (58.8%) could not identify any sign or symptom of oral cancer.
There is a general lack of awareness on oral cancer among this Oporto population. Higher education level and better oral health care were significant factors that identified individuals with a better awareness and knowledge of oral cancer, suggesting that educational measures could be useful for the prevention and early diagnosis of oral cancer in the Portuguese population.
评估葡萄牙波尔图市普通人群对口腔癌的认知和了解情况。
对居住在波尔图市的1116人进行了面对面访谈。确定了参与者的社会人口统计学信息、生活方式习惯以及对口腔癌的认知、了解和信念。
乳腺癌是被提及最多听说过的癌症（69.8%），而口腔癌是最少听说过的癌症之一（23.7%）。54.8%的人认为烟草是一个风险因素，这一认知与他们的教育水平（P < 0.001）、看牙医频率（P = 0.026）以及烟草消费情况（P < 0.001）有关。较少的受试者（24.6%）提到酒精是一个风险因素，这一认知与他们的教育水平（P = 0.020）和看牙医频率（P = 0.002）有关。超过一半的受试者（58.8%）无法识别口腔癌的任何体征或症状。
波尔图市人群普遍对口腔癌缺乏认知。较高的教育水平和更好的口腔保健是使个体对口腔癌有更好认知和了解的重要因素，这表明教育措施可能有助于葡萄牙人群预防和早期诊断口腔癌。
