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The Usefulness of an Online Simplified Screening Questionnaire (SSQ) in Identifying Work-Related Cancers

To obtain a history of occupational exposure in the workplace, the questionnaire is one of the main sources of information. The aim of this study was to develop an online questionnaire using the REDCap data management platform based on the Work-Related Cancer Surveillance Guidelines, reported by the...

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Autores principales: Vazquez, Fabiana L., Silveira, Henrique C. S., Otero, Ubirani B., Hosokawa, Thais T., Fregnani, José Humberto T. G., Longatto-Filho, Adhemar, Reis, Rui M.
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10252760/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37297703
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11111563
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author Vazquez, Fabiana L.
Silveira, Henrique C. S.
Otero, Ubirani B.
Hosokawa, Thais T.
Fregnani, José Humberto T. G.
Longatto-Filho, Adhemar
Reis, Rui M.
author_facet Vazquez, Fabiana L.
Silveira, Henrique C. S.
Otero, Ubirani B.
Hosokawa, Thais T.
Fregnani, José Humberto T. G.
Longatto-Filho, Adhemar
Reis, Rui M.
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description To obtain a history of occupational exposure in the workplace, the questionnaire is one of the main sources of information. The aim of this study was to develop an online questionnaire using the REDCap data management platform based on the Work-Related Cancer Surveillance Guidelines, reported by the Brazilian National Cancer Institute. Several issues were taken into consideration for its routine application. It should be simple, easy, capable of being applied in a short time and used in the clinical setting of collecting information on the occupational history of the cancer patient. Consequently, this could enable the compulsory notification of work-related cancer. The questionnaire was developed based on questions about the use of and exposure to carcinogenic factors at work and due to smoking. An entirely electronic version of the cancer patient interview was performed using tablets. The online questionnaire was applied at the Barretos Cancer Hospital, Barretos, to newly diagnosed patients from July 2016 to 2018. A total of 1063 patients were included, and 550 indicated positively when asked “Do you work, or have you worked with this substance and/or in this function?/job?” Of these potentially notified patients, 38 subsequently had compulsorily reported work-related cancer. Another important result of this study was the creation and development of a website. In conclusion, we developed an online tool that could facilitate hospital routines, contributing to generating data for the compulsory notification of work-related cancer and triggering investigations and surveillance actions in Brazil.
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spelling pubmed-102527602023-06-10 The Usefulness of an Online Simplified Screening Questionnaire (SSQ) in Identifying Work-Related Cancers Vazquez, Fabiana L. Silveira, Henrique C. S. Otero, Ubirani B. Hosokawa, Thais T. Fregnani, José Humberto T. G. Longatto-Filho, Adhemar Reis, Rui M. Healthcare (Basel) Article To obtain a history of occupational exposure in the workplace, the questionnaire is one of the main sources of information. The aim of this study was to develop an online questionnaire using the REDCap data management platform based on the Work-Related Cancer Surveillance Guidelines, reported by the Brazilian National Cancer Institute. Several issues were taken into consideration for its routine application. It should be simple, easy, capable of being applied in a short time and used in the clinical setting of collecting information on the occupational history of the cancer patient. Consequently, this could enable the compulsory notification of work-related cancer. The questionnaire was developed based on questions about the use of and exposure to carcinogenic factors at work and due to smoking. An entirely electronic version of the cancer patient interview was performed using tablets. The online questionnaire was applied at the Barretos Cancer Hospital, Barretos, to newly diagnosed patients from July 2016 to 2018. A total of 1063 patients were included, and 550 indicated positively when asked “Do you work, or have you worked with this substance and/or in this function?/job?” Of these potentially notified patients, 38 subsequently had compulsorily reported work-related cancer. Another important result of this study was the creation and development of a website. In conclusion, we developed an online tool that could facilitate hospital routines, contributing to generating data for the compulsory notification of work-related cancer and triggering investigations and surveillance actions in Brazil. MDPI 2023-05-26 /pmc/articles/PMC10252760/ /pubmed/37297703 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11111563 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Silveira, Henrique C. S.
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Longatto-Filho, Adhemar
Reis, Rui M.
The Usefulness of an Online Simplified Screening Questionnaire (SSQ) in Identifying Work-Related Cancers
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title_short The Usefulness of an Online Simplified Screening Questionnaire (SSQ) in Identifying Work-Related Cancers
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37297703
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11111563
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