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消化管癌的认识和寻求帮助的预期时间:基于人口的调查调查结果
Jasmijn Sijben1, Lotte J Huibertse1, Linda Rainey2
1Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Radboud university medical center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
British journal of cancer
|March 30, 2024
概括
公众对食道癌症症状的认识,如食道障碍症,令人担忧地低,特别是在男性和受教育程度较低的人群中. 需要进行教育干预,以改善症状识别,并鼓励及时寻求帮助,以获得更好的癌症结果.
科学领域:
- 在瘤学瘤学.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 健康 行为 健康行为
背景情况:
- 提高公众对食道癌症症状的认识,对于减少晚期诊断和改善患者治疗结果至关重要.
- 对食道癌症症状的认识较低,导致诊断延迟,预后可能更差.
研究的目的:
- 探索公众对食道癌症症状的认识,特别是食道障碍.
- 确定与较低的症状意识和延迟寻求帮助行为相关的决定因素.
- 调查影响预期时间寻求医疗帮助的因素.
主要方法:
- 从荷兰人口登记册中对3106名参与者 (18至75岁) 进行了基于网络的横截面调查.
- 该调查使用了针对癌症的意识和信念的适应措施,评估症状意识,预期寻求帮助的时间,健康信仰和社会人口统计数据.
- 进行了后勤回归分析,以确定意识和延迟呈现的决定因素 (<1个月与≥1个月).
主要成果:
- 只有47%的参与者认为缺食症是潜在的食道癌症症状,明显低于其他癌症类型.
- 不识别消化障碍与男性性别,低教育程度和非西方移民背景有关.
- 迟迟寻求失消症的帮助与不将其视为癌症症状,高风险感知以及对食道癌的负面信念有关.
结论:
- 公众对食道癌症症状的认识令人不安地低,这突显出严重的公共卫生问题.
- 针对特定的人口群体的有针对性的教育干预措施和解决负面的癌症信仰可能会改善寻求帮助的行为.
- 需要进一步的研究来评估这种干预措施对临床食道癌症结局的影响.
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