Hospital Sultanah Nora Ismail, Department of Internal Medicine, Batu Pahat, Johor, Malaysia.
Hospital Lahad Datu, Department of Internal Medicine, Lahad Datu, Sabah, Malaysia.
Med J Malaysia. 2021 Mar;76(2):212-217.
Excessive ultraviolet light (UV) can cause premature skin aging and potentially skin cancer. Currently there is a lack of awareness among health care professionals and the public on sun protection. The objectives of this study were to determine knowledge on sunscreen and skin cancer among health care professionals, to evaluate the knowledge, attitude, practice and perception of doctors and pharmacists toward the usage of sunscreen as protection against UV radiation.
This is a cross-sectional study conducted among doctors and pharmacists in Hospital Sultanah Nora Ismail, Batu Pahat, Johor, Malaysia. Questionnaires were used in this study.
A total of 384 participants completed the questionnaires. The participants consisted of 323 doctors (84.1%) and 61 pharmacists (15.9%). The age group of the participants ranged between 25 till 55 years old. Ninety doctors (27.9%) and thirty-one pharmacists (51.0%) reported used sunscreen daily (p<0.001). This finding showed that there was a deficit in the practice of sun protection. Pharmacists scored a higher knowledge score of median 12 (IQR=3.0) while the doctors scored 11 (IQR=2.0). This study showed a significant association between ethnicity and skin cancer knowledge (p<0.05).
This study demonstrated a lack of knowledge of sunscreen and skin cancer prevention among health care practitioners. This finding supports better medical education program on this topic.
过量的紫外线（UV）会导致皮肤过早衰老，并可能引发皮肤癌。目前，医疗保健专业人员和公众对防晒的认识不足。本研究的目的是确定医疗保健专业人员对防晒霜和皮肤癌的认识，评估医生和药剂师对防晒霜作为抵御紫外线辐射的保护措施的知识、态度、实践和看法。
这是在马来西亚柔佛州峇株巴辖苏丹娜诺丽莎医院进行的一项医生和药剂师的横断面研究。本研究使用了问卷。
共有 384 名参与者完成了问卷。参与者包括 323 名医生（84.1%）和 61 名药剂师（15.9%）。参与者的年龄在 25 至 55 岁之间。90 名医生（27.9%）和 31 名药剂师（51.0%）报告每天使用防晒霜（p<0.001）。这一发现表明，在防晒保护方面存在实践不足的情况。药剂师的知识得分中位数为 12（IQR=3.0），而医生的知识得分中位数为 11（IQR=2.0）。本研究显示，种族与皮肤癌知识之间存在显著关联（p<0.05）。
本研究表明，医疗保健从业者对防晒霜和皮肤癌预防的知识不足。这一发现支持在这一主题上开展更好的医学教育计划。
