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Insights of primary health care providers regarding opportunistic screening of oral cancer/precancers in Patna, Bihar

BACKGROUND: Clinical opportunistic screening can be valuable for diagnosis of oral cancer/precancer prior to development of symptoms. Thus, the aim of the present study is to assess the knowledge, perceptions, and present practices of primary health care providers regarding oral cancer screening. MA...

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Autores principales: Choudhary, Pallawee, Huda, Irfanul, Pandey, Anuradha, Kumar, Naveen, Nabi, Aaysha Tabinda, Raj, Rachna
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7380770/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32754509
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_301_20
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author Choudhary, Pallawee
Huda, Irfanul
Pandey, Anuradha
Kumar, Naveen
Nabi, Aaysha Tabinda
Raj, Rachna
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Huda, Irfanul
Pandey, Anuradha
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description BACKGROUND: Clinical opportunistic screening can be valuable for diagnosis of oral cancer/precancer prior to development of symptoms. Thus, the aim of the present study is to assess the knowledge, perceptions, and present practices of primary health care providers regarding oral cancer screening. MATERIAL AND METHODS: This cross-sectional questionnaire study was carried out on doctors working in primary health centres of Patna district, Bihar. A total of 10 questions in true/false or multiple choice format assessed the knowledge on oral cancer screening. Attitude and practices were evaluated by seven questions each on a 5-point Likert scale. Unpaired t-test and one-way ANOVA followed by post hoc test was applied to determine the significance difference between the mean scores of knowledge and demographic variables. The significance level was set at below 0.05. RESULTS: The total mean knowledge scores were 6.5 ± 2.17. Response analysis showed that regarding opinion on only 28% health care providers agreed or strongly agreed that they have adequate knowledge regarding detection of oral cancer. It was found that 44.7% never/rarely examined the oral cavity of the patient. Only 14% and 16% doctors aid with the cessation of habits and advised dietary changes in patients with precancerous lesions/conditions, respectively. CONCLUSION: Capacity building of primary care physicians is very crucial for a successful screening program. The present study reveals that the training activities of healthcare providers in oral screening need to be reinforced.
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spelling pubmed-73807702020-08-03 Insights of primary health care providers regarding opportunistic screening of oral cancer/precancers in Patna, Bihar Choudhary, Pallawee Huda, Irfanul Pandey, Anuradha Kumar, Naveen Nabi, Aaysha Tabinda Raj, Rachna J Family Med Prim Care Original Article BACKGROUND: Clinical opportunistic screening can be valuable for diagnosis of oral cancer/precancer prior to development of symptoms. Thus, the aim of the present study is to assess the knowledge, perceptions, and present practices of primary health care providers regarding oral cancer screening. MATERIAL AND METHODS: This cross-sectional questionnaire study was carried out on doctors working in primary health centres of Patna district, Bihar. A total of 10 questions in true/false or multiple choice format assessed the knowledge on oral cancer screening. Attitude and practices were evaluated by seven questions each on a 5-point Likert scale. Unpaired t-test and one-way ANOVA followed by post hoc test was applied to determine the significance difference between the mean scores of knowledge and demographic variables. The significance level was set at below 0.05. RESULTS: The total mean knowledge scores were 6.5 ± 2.17. Response analysis showed that regarding opinion on only 28% health care providers agreed or strongly agreed that they have adequate knowledge regarding detection of oral cancer. It was found that 44.7% never/rarely examined the oral cavity of the patient. Only 14% and 16% doctors aid with the cessation of habits and advised dietary changes in patients with precancerous lesions/conditions, respectively. CONCLUSION: Capacity building of primary care physicians is very crucial for a successful screening program. The present study reveals that the training activities of healthcare providers in oral screening need to be reinforced. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2020-05-31 /pmc/articles/PMC7380770/ /pubmed/32754509 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_301_20 Text en Copyright: © 2020 Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Choudhary, Pallawee
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Nabi, Aaysha Tabinda
Raj, Rachna
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title_short Insights of primary health care providers regarding opportunistic screening of oral cancer/precancers in Patna, Bihar
title_sort insights of primary health care providers regarding opportunistic screening of oral cancer/precancers in patna, bihar
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7380770/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32754509
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_301_20
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