Association between sociodemographic characteristics and level of knowledge about oral cancer among Mexican dental health professionals: a cross-sectional online survey

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Liliana Argueta-Figueroa¹  Alfonso Enrique Acevedo-Mascarúa²  Ana Lilia Gijón-Soriano²  Norma Ivonne González-Arratia-López-Fuentes³  Martha Adelina Torres-Muñoz³  María de los Angeles Moyaho-Bernal⁴  Rafael Torres-Rosas⁵  Yobana Pérez-Cervera⁵ 

[1] CONACyT – Facultad de Odontología, Universidad Autónoma “Benito Juárez” de Oaxaca, Av. Universidad S/N, Ex-Hacienda 5 Señores, 68120, Oaxaca de Juárez, Mexico;División de posgrado, Facultad de Odontología, Universidad Autónoma “Benito Juárez” de Oaxaca, Av. Universidad S/N, Ex-Hacienda 5 Señores, 68120, Oaxaca de Juárez, Mexico;Facultad de Ciencias de la Conducta Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, Filiberto Gómez s/n, Barrio de Tlacopa, 50010, Toluca de Lerdo, Mexico;Facultad de Estomatología, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, calle 31 Poniente #1304, Col. Los Volcanes, C. P. 72410, Puebla, Mexico;Laboratorio de Inmunología asociado al Centro de Estudios en Ciencias de la Salud y la Enfermedad, División de Posgrado, Facultad de Odontología, Universidad Autónoma “Benito Juárez” de Oaxaca, Av. Universidad S/N, Ex-Hacienda 5 Señores, 68120, Oaxaca de Juárez, Mexico;

关键词: Medicine;    Dentistry;    Health education;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12909-022-03952-0

 received in 2022-08-04, accepted in 2022-12-09,  发布年份 2022

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundA good level of knowledge in dentists is crucial for an early diagnosis of oral cancer (OC). In Latin America there are a few studies of OC knowledge among dentist, those has been performed in Brazil, Colombia, and Chile, and their results showed low level of OC knowledge. On the other hand, there is no publication in which the level of knowledge of dentists in Mexico has been addressed. Therefore, this study aimed to assess knowledge of OC and to determine the association of the level of knowledge with sociodemographic characteristics among dentists in Mexico.MethodsA cross-sectional online survey was designed to obtain information via questionnaire. The questionnaire was developed in the Spanish language, and the content validity was determined. The study was conducted among Mexican dentists with a 23-item questionnaire that was designed to be anonymous. The sample size was calculated using the finite population formula. Based on the responses, the level of knowledge of OC was categorized as very low, low, regular, good, or excellent. Additionally, the association between sociodemographic characteristics and the level of knowledge about OC was evaluated.ResultsThis research was conducted on a sample of 387 dentists. Most of the respondents were general dentists and worked in urban zones. The majority of dentists lacked a specialty (76.7%). Additionally, most of the respondents were students (44.2%). The level of knowledge of the participants was between regular and good (77.8%). On the other hand, concerning self-evaluation, most of the participants considered their knowledge of OC to be regular (50.6%). In addition, there was no association between sociodemographic characteristics and knowledge about OC.ConclusionsThis research identified some weaknesses in most Mexican dentists’ knowledge of OC.

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