Department of Public Health Dentistry, Sudha Rustagi College of Dental Sciences and Research, Faridabad, Haryana, India.
, Gurgaon, India.
J Cancer Educ. 2022 Aug;37(4):1194-1200. doi: 10.1007/s13187-020-01938-4. Epub 2021 Jan 14.
The present study was conducted to assess the knowledge, attitude, and practice among new dental graduates across India. A web-based questionnaire was generated as a link through Google Drive which was sent to approximately 250 dental graduates using Whatsapp messenger. A total of 205 complete responses were received and analyzed. Frequency analysis was done using SPSS software version 21. Oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) was identified as most common cancer by 48% of the subjects while the stage of oral cancer in which it is most often diagnosed was only responded correctly by 15.5% as advanced stage. Approximately one fourth (25.4%) of the participants performed dental examination to detect cancer routinely in all patients. Half of the study subjects were confident in detecting oral cancer, still majority (70.6%) of the subjects were interested in attending continuing education course on oral cancer in the future. This study revealed that the majority of the new dental clinicians were not having legitimate knowledge regarding oral cancer. Thus, this lacuna in knowledge and skills can be eliminated by conducting workshops and continuing education programs. This may subsequently aid to improve patient care.
本研究旨在评估印度新牙医毕业生的知识、态度和实践。通过 Google 云端硬盘生成了一个基于网络的问卷链接，并通过 Whatsapp 信使发送给大约 250 名牙医毕业生。共收到并分析了 205 份完整回复。使用 SPSS 软件版本 21 进行频率分析。48%的受试者认为口腔鳞状细胞癌（OSCC）是最常见的癌症，而只有 15.5%的人正确回答了口腔癌最常被诊断的阶段，即晚期。大约四分之一（25.4%）的参与者常规对所有患者进行口腔癌检查。一半的研究对象对检测口腔癌有信心，但仍有大多数（70.6%）的研究对象有兴趣在未来参加口腔癌继续教育课程。这项研究表明，大多数新牙医临床医生对口癌的知识并不系统。因此，可以通过举办研讨会和继续教育计划来消除这种知识和技能的差距。这可能会随后有助于改善患者护理。
