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The Perception and Awareness of the Public about Cancer and Cancer Screening in the United Arab Emirates, a Population-Based Survey

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has one of the fastest growing economies in the world, which has resulted in an increase in the detection of noncommunicable diseases such as cancer. Despite its screening and early detection efforts falling short of the target coverage of the intended population, the...

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Autores principales: Humaid Al-Shamsi, Sarah, Humaid Al-Shamsi, Abdulla, Humaid Al-Shamsi, Mohammed, Sajwani, Adil, Alzaabi, Mouza Sultan, Al Hammadi, Omar, Iqbal, Faryal, Al-Shamsi, Humaid O.
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Publicado: MDPI 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10297532/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37366933
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/clinpract13030064
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author Humaid Al-Shamsi, Sarah
Humaid Al-Shamsi, Abdulla
Humaid Al-Shamsi, Mohammed
Sajwani, Adil
Alzaabi, Mouza Sultan
Al Hammadi, Omar
Iqbal, Faryal
Al-Shamsi, Humaid O.
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Humaid Al-Shamsi, Abdulla
Humaid Al-Shamsi, Mohammed
Sajwani, Adil
Alzaabi, Mouza Sultan
Al Hammadi, Omar
Iqbal, Faryal
Al-Shamsi, Humaid O.
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description The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has one of the fastest growing economies in the world, which has resulted in an increase in the detection of noncommunicable diseases such as cancer. Despite its screening and early detection efforts falling short of the target coverage of the intended population, the number of reported cases and deaths in UAE has increased over the years. A few studies have been conducted to understand the hurdles to cancer screening in UAE, mostly focusing on breast and colorectal malignancies. There are no studies or surveys that have addressed the barriers and hurdles to overall cancer screening in UAE’s population. Through this is the largest survey to date, we aimed at assessing UAE society’s perception of cancer and early screening and detection. The survey was constructed using the SurveyPlanet platform. The survey was then distributed on social media for direct and snowball sampling, including Instagram, WhatsApp, LinkedIn, Meta (Facebook), and Twitter. Interestingly, 71.3% of the respondents reported that they were fine mentioning or discussing cancer, while 28.2% reported that they were not comfortable with it. Moreover, 91.8% of the respondents knew the meaning of the early detection or screening of cancer, while 8.2% did not. The ability of respondents to correctly identify different types of cancer screening varied. This study suggests that regulatory authorities need to raise more awareness about cancer, especially among younger generations, and create screening recommendations and guidelines that should include younger people. Lastly, hospitals, cancer charity organizations, educational institutes, and the media should address target audiences to raise cancer awareness among them.
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spelling pubmed-102975322023-06-28 The Perception and Awareness of the Public about Cancer and Cancer Screening in the United Arab Emirates, a Population-Based Survey Humaid Al-Shamsi, Sarah Humaid Al-Shamsi, Abdulla Humaid Al-Shamsi, Mohammed Sajwani, Adil Alzaabi, Mouza Sultan Al Hammadi, Omar Iqbal, Faryal Al-Shamsi, Humaid O. Clin Pract Article The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has one of the fastest growing economies in the world, which has resulted in an increase in the detection of noncommunicable diseases such as cancer. Despite its screening and early detection efforts falling short of the target coverage of the intended population, the number of reported cases and deaths in UAE has increased over the years. A few studies have been conducted to understand the hurdles to cancer screening in UAE, mostly focusing on breast and colorectal malignancies. There are no studies or surveys that have addressed the barriers and hurdles to overall cancer screening in UAE’s population. Through this is the largest survey to date, we aimed at assessing UAE society’s perception of cancer and early screening and detection. The survey was constructed using the SurveyPlanet platform. The survey was then distributed on social media for direct and snowball sampling, including Instagram, WhatsApp, LinkedIn, Meta (Facebook), and Twitter. Interestingly, 71.3% of the respondents reported that they were fine mentioning or discussing cancer, while 28.2% reported that they were not comfortable with it. Moreover, 91.8% of the respondents knew the meaning of the early detection or screening of cancer, while 8.2% did not. The ability of respondents to correctly identify different types of cancer screening varied. This study suggests that regulatory authorities need to raise more awareness about cancer, especially among younger generations, and create screening recommendations and guidelines that should include younger people. Lastly, hospitals, cancer charity organizations, educational institutes, and the media should address target audiences to raise cancer awareness among them. MDPI 2023-06-13 /pmc/articles/PMC10297532/ /pubmed/37366933 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/clinpract13030064 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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Humaid Al-Shamsi, Sarah
Humaid Al-Shamsi, Abdulla
Humaid Al-Shamsi, Mohammed
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Alzaabi, Mouza Sultan
Al Hammadi, Omar
Iqbal, Faryal
Al-Shamsi, Humaid O.
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title The Perception and Awareness of the Public about Cancer and Cancer Screening in the United Arab Emirates, a Population-Based Survey
title_full The Perception and Awareness of the Public about Cancer and Cancer Screening in the United Arab Emirates, a Population-Based Survey
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title_full_unstemmed The Perception and Awareness of the Public about Cancer and Cancer Screening in the United Arab Emirates, a Population-Based Survey
title_short The Perception and Awareness of the Public about Cancer and Cancer Screening in the United Arab Emirates, a Population-Based Survey
title_sort perception and awareness of the public about cancer and cancer screening in the united arab emirates, a population-based survey
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37366933
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/clinpract13030064
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