Cancer Research Chair, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Primary Health care department, High Institute of Public Health, Alexandria University, Egypt.
Asian Pac J Cancer Prev. 2022 Mar 1;23(3):1041-1045. doi: 10.31557/APJCP.2022.23.3.1041.
To explore the cancer prevention-related nutrition knowledge of primary health care physicians towards nutrition and its relation to the development of cancer.
a cross-sectional study was conducted among family physicians in Riyadh, between November 2019 and April 2020. The participants in the current study were surveyed using a self-administered questionnaire. The questionnaire included socio-economic data and data related to the association between nutrition and cancer.
The mean correct knowledge score for physicians is good but less than expected (26.5+5.8) 73.6%. Multiple regression revealed that age, position, and nationality to be significantly associated with knowledge of cancer prevention (P<0.05) among physicians.
Primary care physicians have good knowledge about the relation between nutrition and cancer but not sufficient, they should have continuous nutrition educational training programs to ensure safe and sound nutritional advice to patients and for the public about the relation of nutrition and cancer.
探讨初级保健医生在营养与癌症预防方面的相关知识及其与癌症发展的关系。
2019 年 11 月至 2020 年 4 月,在利雅得对家庭医生进行了横断面研究。本研究的参与者使用自我管理问卷进行了调查。问卷包括社会经济数据以及与营养和癌症之间关系相关的数据。
医生的平均正确知识得分较好,但低于预期(26.5+5.8)73.6%。多元回归显示,年龄、职位和国籍与医生的癌症预防知识显著相关(P<0.05)。
初级保健医生对营养与癌症之间的关系有很好的了解,但还不够,他们应该有持续的营养教育培训计划,以确保向患者和公众提供安全合理的营养建议,说明营养与癌症之间的关系。