Eltayeb Amel S, Satti Asim, Sulieman Ahmed M
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Nile College, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan. Email:
Asian Pac J Cancer Prev. 2017 Jun 25;18(6):1645-1649. doi: 10.22034/APJCP.2017.18.6.1645.
Objective: This study was aimed to assess oral cancer awareness among a selected Sudanese population and to evaluate their knowledge and treatment seeking behavior. Methods: A questionnaire- based survey was performed on the general population who attended the oral cancer awareness campaigns carried between 2015 and 2016 in different geographic areas of the Sudan. It was focusing on general awareness of oral cancer, oral cancer risk factors, oral cancer clinical signs/symptoms and treatment seeking behavior. Data were entered by Microsoft excel 2007 and analyzed by SPSS (version 20) using chi square test with P value <0.05. Result: There were 1,370 participants, 634(46.3%) were males and 736(53.7%) were females. The responses of participants revealed that 66.6% have heard about oral cancer and the media was the common source of information (75.7%). Of all participants only 45.3% mentioned that they don’t have enough knowledge on oral cancer. Some participants believe that oral cancer is treatable (66.5%) whilst 30.4% respond by I don’t know. More than 80% of the respondents were aware that smokeless tobacco (toombak) is a risk factor for oral cancer. While 60.1% were aware of alcohol as a risk factor and 66.2% were aware of smoking as a risk factor. When qui square test was done, smokers were found to be the least to seek help in comparison to non-smokers. The same result was obtained from alcohol consumers but it was different in snuff dippers, as the latter response was similar to that of the non-snuff dippers. Conclusion: This study revealed a level of around 66.6% of oral cancer awareness in different states of Sudan. Counseling sessions should be conducted when necessary with further investigations to find out the reasons behind the continued practice of high risk habits, despite knowledge.
本研究旨在评估特定苏丹人群对口腔癌的认知，并评估他们的知识水平和寻求治疗的行为。方法：对2015年至2016年在苏丹不同地理区域开展的口腔癌宣传活动中参与的普通人群进行问卷调查。调查重点关注口腔癌的一般认知、口腔癌风险因素、口腔癌临床体征/症状以及寻求治疗的行为。数据通过Microsoft excel 2007录入，并使用SPSS（版本20）进行分析，采用卡方检验，P值<0.05。结果：共有1370名参与者，其中634名（46.3%）为男性，736名（53.7%）为女性。参与者的回答显示，66.6%的人听说过口腔癌，媒体是常见的信息来源（75.7%）。在所有参与者中，只有45.3%的人表示他们对口腔癌了解不足。一些参与者认为口腔癌是可治疗的（66.5%），而30.4%的人回答“我不知道”。超过80%的受访者意识到无烟烟草（图姆巴克）是口腔癌的风险因素。60.1%的人意识到酒精是风险因素，66.2%的人意识到吸烟是风险因素。进行卡方检验时，发现吸烟者相比非吸烟者寻求帮助的可能性最小。饮酒者也得到了相同的结果，但鼻烟使用者不同，后者的反应与非鼻烟使用者相似。结论：本研究显示苏丹不同州的口腔癌认知水平约为66.6%。必要时应进行咨询，并进一步调查以找出尽管了解相关知识但高风险习惯仍持续存在的原因。
