Neel Shimpi|Monica Jethwani|Aditi Bharatkumar|Po?Huang Chyou|Ingrid Glurich|Amit Acharya
Patient awareness/knowledge towards oral cancer: a cross-sectional survey
Marshfield Clinic|Marshfield Clinic|Marshfield Clinic|Marshfield Clinic|Marshfield Clinic
oral cancer oc associated multiple risk factors high mortality rates substantially contributes global cancer burden despite highly preventable crosssectional study sought assess current knowledge awareness behaviors patients rural communities surrounding oc riskan anonymous 21question survey distributed patients waiting rooms large integrated medicaldental health system serving northcentral wisconsin survey results summarized via descriptive statistics odds ratios surrounding health literacy oc risk factors obtained using unconditional univariate logistic regression analysisof 504 dental 306 medical patients completing survey 622 female caucasianwhite 92 41 high school diplomaequivalent current smokersmokeless tobacco use reported 34 39 reported former tobacco exposure alcohol use reported 54 respondents following frequencies onceweek 35 12 timesweek 16 34 timesweek 6 56 timesweek 2 daily 23 knowledge tobacco alcohol use increased oc risk reported 94 40 respectively 50 reported knowledgeability regarding cancerassociated symptomology tobacco cessation reported 20 responders receipt education oc healthcare providers human papilloma virus links oc causation reported 38 21 respectivelypatients smoked 20 cigarettes per day knowledgeable tobacco oc risk compared nonsmokers smoked 19 cigarettesday p 00647 patients alcohol consumers exhibited higher knowledgeability surrounding increased oc risk alcohol tobacco exposures compared alcohol abstainers p 006 concluded patients recognized links tobacco oc risk demonstrated lower knowledge causal factors strategic patient education providers could increase awareness oc risk