Table 5.
Attitude of the respondents towards oral cancer
| Questions | Medical students n (%) |
Dental students n (%) |
P-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | No | Yes | No | ||
| Do you know anyone who has oral cancer? | 68 (19.6) | 283 (80.4) | 24 (11.7) | 182 (88.3) | <0.001 |
| Do you think you are competent to detect oral cancer? | 56 (16.1) | 265 (83.9) | 71 (34.5) | 135 (65.5) | <0.001 |
| Will you deny treatment to patients with oral cancer? | 65 (18.7) | 286 (81.3) | 17 (8.3) | 189 (91.7) | <0.001 |
| Would you go for screening for oral cancer for yourself? | 261 (75.2) | 90 (24.8) | 175 (85.0) | 31 (15.0) | <0.001 |
| Would you advise your friends and family to go for oral cancer screening routinely? | 267 (76.9) | 84 (23.1) | 182 (88.3) | 24 (11.7) | <0.001 |
| Do you feel that oral cancer awareness campaigns are effective? | 162 (46.7) | 189 (53.3) | 117 (56.8) | 89 (43.2) | <0.001 |
| Do you think more oral cancer awareness campaigns should be carried out? | 253 (72.9) | 98 (27.1) | 183 (88.8) | 23 (11.2) | <0.001 |
Chi-square test, P < 0.05 (statistically significant).