Knowledge, attitude, and practice in oral cancer: A national survey on 150 dental hygienists.


Journal

Oral diseases
ISSN: 1601-0825
Titre abrégé: Oral Dis
Pays: Denmark
ID NLM: 9508565

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Nov 2023
Historique:
revised: 07 06 2022
received: 14 01 2022
accepted: 11 06 2022
medline: 7 12 2023
pubmed: 17 6 2022
entrez: 16 6 2022
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

The aim of this study is to explore knowledge, practice, and attitude on oral cancer (OC) among a cohort of Italian dental hygienists, in consideration of their role in the field of early diagnosis. A cross-sectional study of 150 Italian dental hygienists was performed to assess the participant's knowledge, practice, and attitude on OC. Data were collected using a structured self-administered questionnaire (through Google Forms). The questionnaire included four sections: sociodemographic information, disease knowledge, answers related to attitudes toward OC, and a questionnaire assessing the practice of dental hygienists on oral screening. Responses were received from 137 participants (83 women and 54 men). Overall, there is a good knowledge of the real risk factors among the participants (98.5%, 98.5%, and 94.2% regard smoking, alcohol, and HPV, respectively). The analysis related to the knowledge of non-risk factors, oral potentially malignant disorders, and clinical features of OC showed more heterogeneous results. Only 60% considered university education to be adequate. The totality of dental hygienists considered continuing education necessary, but despite this, only half took updating courses. Finally, 90% performed intraoral screening visits, and 95% and 69% investigated smoking and alcohol consumption, respectively. Our data showed the need to implement OC training courses by re-evaluating pre- and post-graduate training programs.

Identifiants

pubmed: 35708544
doi: 10.1111/odi.14281
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

3205-3213

Informations de copyright

© 2022 The Authors. Oral Diseases published by Wiley Periodicals LLC.

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Auteurs

Stefania Leuci (S)

Oral Medicine Unit, Department of Neuroscience, Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy.

Noemi Coppola (N)

Oral Medicine Unit, Department of Neuroscience, Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy.

Anna Paola Viglione (AP)

Oral Medicine Unit, Department of Neuroscience, Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy.

Andrea Blasi (A)

Oral Medicine Unit, Department of Neuroscience, Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy.

Luca Ramaglia (L)

Oral Medicine Unit, Department of Neuroscience, Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy.

Tiziana Cantile (T)

Oral Medicine Unit, Department of Neuroscience, Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy.
Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry "Scuola Medica salernitana", University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy.

Michele Davide Mignogna (MD)

Oral Medicine Unit, Department of Neuroscience, Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy.

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