背景:尼日利亚口腔癌的负担正在增加。不同的研究表明,公众对口腔癌的教育如何增加了人群对口腔癌的认识,然而,不知道这些做法是否被口腔医生采用,口腔和颌面外科医生,尼日利亚的口腔病理学家。
目的:探讨口腔医师对口腔癌患者的教育策略,口腔和颌面外科医生,尼日利亚的口腔病理学家。
方法:本研究采用分析性横断面研究设计。这项研究调查了执业口腔医生,口腔和颌面外科医生,尼日利亚的口腔病理学家。本研究使用电子问卷。使用SPSS第20版软件对数据进行分析,和p值<.05用于确定统计显著性水平。
结果:本研究的反应率为46.6%(75/161)。来自尼日利亚六个地缘政治区的75名参与者回答了调查问卷。尽管超过一半(43/75,57.3%)的受访者从未接受过任何培训,因为他们的学士后学位资格,可以用于教育口腔癌患者的策略,他们中的大多数(54/75,72.0%)至少知道一种教育策略;在了解患者教育策略的受访者中,最已知(36/54,66.7%)和最常用(33/54,61.3%)的策略是健康谈话.只有38.7%(29/75)的受访者报告健康学习材料(海报,小叶,传单,和活动挂图)在他们的诊所都有,所有这些都不够数量。此外,93.3%(70/75)的受访者认为尼日利亚的牙科诊所/医院投资为患者提供口腔癌学习材料是值得的。推断性统计分析未显示受访者的特征与其对患者口腔癌教育策略的认识和实践之间的任何显着关系。
结论:这项研究发现,许多口腔医生,口腔和颌面外科医生,尼日利亚的口腔病理学家缺乏对患者进行口腔癌教育的能力。有必要通过向他们提供有关口腔癌患者教育策略的培训来增强他们的能力,并为他们提供高质量和足够的教具。
The burden of oral cancer in Nigeria is increasing. Different studies have shown how public education on oral cancer have increased knowledge of oral cancer across populations, however, it is not known if these practices are adopted by oral physicians, oral and maxillofacial surgeons, and oral pathologists in Nigeria.
To investigate the patient oral cancer education strategies adopted by oral physicians, oral and maxillofacial surgeons, and oral pathologists in Nigeria.
This
study adopted an analytical cross-sectional
study design. This
study surveyed practicing oral physicians, oral and maxillofacial surgeons, and oral
pathologists in Nigeria. An e-questionnaire was used for this
study. The data were analyzed using the SPSS Version 20 software, and a p-value of <.05 was used to determine the level of statistical significance.
The
study\'s response rate was 46.6% (75/161). The 75 participants were from the six geopolitical zones in Nigeria responded to the survey questionnaire. Even though more than half (43/75, 57.3%) of the respondents have never received any training since their post-bachelor\'s degree qualification on the strategies that can be used in educating patients on oral cancer, majority (54/75, 72.0%) of them knew at least one education strategy; also, the most known (36/54, 66.7%) and utilized (33/54, 61.3%) strategy among those respondents who were aware of patient education strategy was health talk. Only 38.7% (29/75) of the respondents reported that health learning materials (posters, leaflets, fliers, and flipcharts) are available in their clinics, all of which were in insufficient quantities. Also, 93.3% (70/75) of the respondents opined that it is worthwhile that dental clinics/hospitals in Nigeria invest in the provision of oral cancer learning materials for patient use. Inferential statistical analysis did not reveal any significant relationship between the respondents\' characteristics and their awareness and practice on patient oral cancer education strategies.
This
study identified that many oral physicians, oral and maxillofacial surgeons, and oral
pathologists in Nigeria lack the needed capacity to educate their patients on oral cancer. There is a need to strengthen their capacity by giving them training on patient oral cancer education strategies, and by providing them with good quality and enough teaching aids.