Table 4.
Responses “Yes” to Attitude Questions on OSCC
| Health care professionals | Dental (Specialist) (n=62) |
Dental (GP) (n =38) |
Dental student (n =156) |
Medical (Specialist) (n = 16) |
Medical (GP) (n = 7) |
Medical student (n = 53) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Do you feel that you are adequately trained to provide alcohol/smoking cessation education? | 25 (40.30%) |
11 (28.90%) |
53 (34.00%) |
7 (43.80%) |
4 (57.10%) |
22 (41.50%) |
| Are you adequately trained to perform patient‚ lymph node palpation? | 47 (75.80%) |
26 (68.40%) |
105 (67.30%) |
14 (87.50%) |
6 (85.70%) |
34 (64.20%) |
| Would you like more information or training on oral cancer? | 59 (95.20%) |
36 (94.70%) |
141 (90.40%) |
15 (93.80%) |
7 (100%) |
43 (81.10%) |
| Do you feel that you have sufficient knowledge of prevention and detection of oral cancer? | 28 (45.20%) |
18 (47.40%) |
57 (36.50%) |
8 (50%) |
2 (28.60%) |
5 (9.40%) |
| Is it a waste of time to educate the patients to quit their habits? (as they always decline to follow) | 16 (25.80%) |
4 (10.50%) |
27 (17.30%) |
1 (6.30%) |
2 (28.60%) |
2 (3.80%) |
| Should patients with suspected oral cancerous lesions be referred to a specialist? | 62 (100%) |
38 (100%) |
138 (88.50%) |
16 (100%) |
7 (100%) |
49 (92.50%) |