College of Dentistry, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Cancer Rep (Hoboken). 2021 Aug;4(4):e1349. doi: 10.1002/cnr2.1349. Epub 2021 Mar 3.
Oral and oropharyngeal cancer are significant health problems. They are both life-threatening conditions usually diagnosed at an advanced stage causing survival rates to decline.
To assess and compare practices, knowledge and attitude regarding oral and oropharyngeal cancer between dental and medical practitioners.
A cross-sectional study was conducted to assess knowledge, attitude and practices of oral and oropharyngeal cancer among dental and medical practitioners at King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. 360 participants were included in the study using a convenient sampling technique. Participants were approached in their clinics and printed self-administered questionnaire were handed over to them after signing a written consent form. Frequency distribution and Chi-Square test were used for the statistical analysis and the level of significance was set at P value of .05 or less.
A total of 174 participants responded. Assessment of oral and oropharyngeal cancer knowledge between dental practitioners and medical practitioners showed comparable results. Regarding practices, a significant difference was seen between medical practitioners and dental practitioners in determining the duration of intra-oral ulcer to consider urgent referral (P = .006) and in number of referrals made in relation to suspicious oral lesions (P = .002). Moreover, a significant difference (P = .006) was seen between medical practitioners and dental practitioners in determining the duration of intra-oral ulcer to consider urgent referral.
Medical and dental practitioners showed areas of differences in practice, attitude and knowledge of oral and oropharyngeal cancer that when addressed would lead to improved survival rates.
口腔和口咽癌是严重的健康问题。这些癌症通常在晚期诊断，导致生存率下降，危及生命。
评估和比较牙科医生和内科医生在口腔和口咽癌方面的实践、知识和态度。
在沙特阿拉伯利雅得的阿卜杜勒阿齐兹国王医疗城进行了一项横断面研究，以评估牙科和内科医生对口腔和口咽癌的知识、态度和实践。使用便利抽样技术，共纳入 360 名参与者。在诊所与参与者接触，并在他们签署书面同意书后，将打印的自我管理问卷交给他们。使用频率分布和卡方检验进行统计分析，显著性水平设定为 P 值小于 0.05。
共有 174 名参与者做出回应。对牙科医生和内科医生的口腔和口咽癌知识评估显示出相似的结果。在实践方面，内科医生和牙科医生在确定口腔内溃疡需要紧急转介的时间（P=0.006）和与可疑口腔病变相关的转介次数（P=0.002）方面存在显著差异。此外，内科医生和牙科医生在确定口腔内溃疡需要紧急转介的时间方面存在显著差异（P=0.006）。
牙科医生和内科医生在口腔和口咽癌的实践、态度和知识方面存在差异，这些差异得到解决将有助于提高生存率。
