CS Praza do Ferrol, EOXI Lugo, Cervo, e Monforte de Lemos, Galician Health Service, Lugo, Spain.
School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
Oral Dis. 2018 Mar;24(1-2):124-127. doi: 10.1111/odi.12756.
To investigate the level of oral cancer knowledge and awareness in a Spanish general population.
A cross-sectional study using an anonymous questionnaire applied in the community to randomly selected laypersons. Sample size for the general population was determined by quota sampling, resulting in 1,041 individuals.
A total of 1,707 pedestrians were approached (response: 61%). When the participants were asked about what cancers had they heard about (up to ten), oral cancer was mentioned in first place by 2% of the sample and by 22% in any order. When specifically asked about oral cancer, the percentage of interviewees who were familiar with it raised to 72%. Participants were also asked about the main signs or symptoms of oral cancer, and the most frequently (22%) mentioned as the first warning sign was a non-healing ulcer. Tobacco smoking generally was recognised as the most important (57%) risk factor for oral cancer.
This pilot study revealed a low awareness of oral cancer, and a poor knowledge of its signs and symptoms and risk factors.
调查西班牙普通人群的口腔癌知识和意识水平。
采用横断面研究，使用匿名问卷在社区中对随机选择的非专业人士进行调查。通过配额抽样确定普通人群的样本量，共纳入 1041 人。
共接触了 1707 名行人（应答率：61%）。当被问及他们听说过哪些癌症（最多十种）时，口腔癌在样本中的提及率为 2%，任意顺序提及率为 22%。当被特别问及口腔癌时，熟悉口腔癌的受访者比例上升至 72%。参与者还被问及口腔癌的主要体征或症状，最常被提及的（22%）第一警示征是经久不愈的溃疡。吸烟通常被认为是口腔癌最重要的（57%）危险因素。
这项初步研究显示，人们对口腔癌的认识较低，对其体征、症状和危险因素的了解也较差。
