Knowledge of university students about oral cancer

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Autor(a) principal: Lima, Antonio Adilson Soares de
Data de Publicação: 2005
Outros Autores: França, Beatriz Helena Sotille, Ignácio, Sérgio Aparecido, Baioni, Carla Spagliare
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: por
Título da fonte: Revista Brasileira de Cancerologia (Online)
Texto Completo: https://rbc.inca.gov.br/index.php/revista/article/view/1914
Resumo: The knowledge about oral cancer prevention and causes is important. Oral cancer detection is relatively easy due to its anatomic location. Equally, the risk factors for this disease can be easily identified by the anamnesis and is related to the patient's lifestyle. The aim of this study was to evaluate university students' knowledge about oral cancer and its causes in Curitiba/PR. Three hundred female and male university adult students were randomly interviewed. A questionnaire using opened and closed questions was employed. 259 (86,3%) of the individuals answered they knew that cancer could develop in the mouth, and 117 (39%) of the individuals said knew about precursor lesions of oral cancer. Smoking tobacco (69,3%), poor oral hygiene (20,3%) and radiation exposure (10,6%) were the most probable risk factors according to the participants. Alcohol, which is considered a promoter agent, was known to be a risk factor for only 22 (8%) individuals. When questioned about the treatment, 113 (37,6%) individuals said that would look for a dentist if they had a suspicion of oral cancer. According to these results, it was concluded that a significant number of university students was aware of the risk factors involved into oral cancer pathogenesis. This work also reinforces the need to introduce preventive measures to propagate this information to the university students.
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spelling Knowledge of university students about oral cancerConhecimento de alunos universitários sobre câncer bucalNeoplasias bucaisPrevenção & controleFatores de riscoÁlcoolTabacoConhecimentoMouth neoplasmsPrevention & controlRisk factorsAlcoholTobaccoKnowledgeThe knowledge about oral cancer prevention and causes is important. Oral cancer detection is relatively easy due to its anatomic location. Equally, the risk factors for this disease can be easily identified by the anamnesis and is related to the patient's lifestyle. The aim of this study was to evaluate university students' knowledge about oral cancer and its causes in Curitiba/PR. Three hundred female and male university adult students were randomly interviewed. A questionnaire using opened and closed questions was employed. 259 (86,3%) of the individuals answered they knew that cancer could develop in the mouth, and 117 (39%) of the individuals said knew about precursor lesions of oral cancer. Smoking tobacco (69,3%), poor oral hygiene (20,3%) and radiation exposure (10,6%) were the most probable risk factors according to the participants. Alcohol, which is considered a promoter agent, was known to be a risk factor for only 22 (8%) individuals. When questioned about the treatment, 113 (37,6%) individuals said that would look for a dentist if they had a suspicion of oral cancer. According to these results, it was concluded that a significant number of university students was aware of the risk factors involved into oral cancer pathogenesis. This work also reinforces the need to introduce preventive measures to propagate this information to the university students.O nível de conhecimento sobre a causa e prevenção do câncer é extremamente importante. O diagnóstico do câncer bucal é relativamente fácil em função da sua localização anatômica. Além disso, os fatores de risco para esta doença podem ser facilmente detectados durante a anamnese e geralmente estão ligados ao estilo de vida do indivíduo. Esse estudo avaliou o nível de, conhecimento, de estudantes universitários da cidade de Curitiba/PR sobre câncer bucal e os fatores causais. A amostra constituiu-se de 300 universitários, maiores de 18 anos de idade, de ambos os sexos e escolhidos aleatoriamente. Um questionário específico com perguntas abertas e fechadas foi empregado. Os dados obtidos demonstraram que desses 300 entrevistados, 259 (86,3%) responderam saber que o câncer poderia ocorrer na boca e cerca de 117 (39%) afirmaram que conheciam a existência de lesões cancerizáveis. O tabagismo (69,3%), a falta de higiene bucal (20,3%) e as radiações (10,6%) foram os prováveis fatores de risco mais apontados. O álcool que é considerado um agente promotor foi considerado como fator causal da doença por apenas 22 (8%) entrevistados. Quanto ao tratamento, um total de 113 (37,6%)  procuraria o cirurgião-dentista se suspeitasse de câncer na boca. Esse trabalho demonstrou que uma parcela representativa da população universitária sabe que o câncer pode acometer a boca e que o tabagismo é um dos fatores de risco, entretanto, desconhecem o papel do álcool. Esses achados reforçam a necessidade de implementação de medidas preventivas visando a divulgação dos reais fatores de risco para o câncer bucal.INCA2005-12-30info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionArtigos, Avaliado pelos paresapplication/pdfhttps://rbc.inca.gov.br/index.php/revista/article/view/191410.32635/2176-9745.RBC.2005v51n4.1914Revista Brasileira de Cancerologia; Vol. 51 No. 4 (2005): Oct./Nov./Dec.; 283-288Revista Brasileira de Cancerologia; Vol. 51 Núm. 4 (2005): oct./nov./dic.; 283-288Revista Brasileira de Cancerologia; v. 51 n. 4 (2005): out./nov./dez.; 283-2882176-9745reponame:Revista Brasileira de Cancerologia (Online)instname:Instituto Nacional de Câncer José Alencar Gomes da Silva (INCA)instacron:INCAporhttps://rbc.inca.gov.br/index.php/revista/article/view/1914/1165Lima, Antonio Adilson Soares deFrança, Beatriz Helena SotilleIgnácio, Sérgio AparecidoBaioni, Carla Spagliareinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess2021-11-29T20:29:35Zoai:rbc.inca.gov.br:article/1914Revistahttps://rbc.inca.gov.br/index.php/revistaPUBhttps://rbc.inca.gov.br/index.php/revista/oairbc@inca.gov.br0034-71162176-9745opendoar:2021-11-29T20:29:35Revista Brasileira de Cancerologia (Online) - Instituto Nacional de Câncer José Alencar Gomes da Silva (INCA)false
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Knowledge of university students about oral cancer
Conhecimento de alunos universitários sobre câncer bucal
title Knowledge of university students about oral cancer
spellingShingle Knowledge of university students about oral cancer
Lima, Antonio Adilson Soares de
Neoplasias bucais
Prevenção & controle
Fatores de risco
Álcool
Tabaco
Conhecimento
Mouth neoplasms
Prevention & control
Risk factors
Alcohol
Tobacco
Knowledge
title_short Knowledge of university students about oral cancer
title_full Knowledge of university students about oral cancer
title_fullStr Knowledge of university students about oral cancer
title_full_unstemmed Knowledge of university students about oral cancer
title_sort Knowledge of university students about oral cancer
author Lima, Antonio Adilson Soares de
author_facet Lima, Antonio Adilson Soares de
França, Beatriz Helena Sotille
Ignácio, Sérgio Aparecido
Baioni, Carla Spagliare
author_role author
author2 França, Beatriz Helena Sotille
Ignácio, Sérgio Aparecido
Baioni, Carla Spagliare
author2_role author
author
author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Lima, Antonio Adilson Soares de
França, Beatriz Helena Sotille
Ignácio, Sérgio Aparecido
Baioni, Carla Spagliare
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Neoplasias bucais
Prevenção & controle
Fatores de risco
Álcool
Tabaco
Conhecimento
Mouth neoplasms
Prevention & control
Risk factors
Alcohol
Tobacco
Knowledge
topic Neoplasias bucais
Prevenção & controle
Fatores de risco
Álcool
Tabaco
Conhecimento
Mouth neoplasms
Prevention & control
Risk factors
Alcohol
Tobacco
Knowledge
description The knowledge about oral cancer prevention and causes is important. Oral cancer detection is relatively easy due to its anatomic location. Equally, the risk factors for this disease can be easily identified by the anamnesis and is related to the patient's lifestyle. The aim of this study was to evaluate university students' knowledge about oral cancer and its causes in Curitiba/PR. Three hundred female and male university adult students were randomly interviewed. A questionnaire using opened and closed questions was employed. 259 (86,3%) of the individuals answered they knew that cancer could develop in the mouth, and 117 (39%) of the individuals said knew about precursor lesions of oral cancer. Smoking tobacco (69,3%), poor oral hygiene (20,3%) and radiation exposure (10,6%) were the most probable risk factors according to the participants. Alcohol, which is considered a promoter agent, was known to be a risk factor for only 22 (8%) individuals. When questioned about the treatment, 113 (37,6%) individuals said that would look for a dentist if they had a suspicion of oral cancer. According to these results, it was concluded that a significant number of university students was aware of the risk factors involved into oral cancer pathogenesis. This work also reinforces the need to introduce preventive measures to propagate this information to the university students.
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