塞浦路斯人口腔癌意识和知识的十年长的比较研究:对卫生政策的影响
Chrystala Charalambous1, Aristomenis Syngelakis1, George Pantelas2
1School of Dentistry, European University Cyprus, Nicosia, CYP.
Cureus
|October 27, 2025
概括
自2012年以来,塞浦路斯的口腔癌 (OC) 公众意识有所提高,越来越多的人认识到风险因素并寻求查. 然而,差异仍然存在,强调需要继续促进口腔健康和教育.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 牙科医学 牙科医学
- 在瘤学瘤学.
背景情况:
- 口腔癌 (OC) 具有显著的死亡率和发病率,因此早期检测对于改善患者的治疗结果至关重要.
- 公共意识和教育是减少诊断延迟和促进口腔癌预防措施的关键因素.
研究的目的:
- 评估塞浦路斯人当前对口腔癌迹象和症状的认识和知识.
- 将这些发现与2012年进行的一项类似研究进行比较,以确定趋势.
- 评估口腔健康运动在提高公众对口腔癌的了解方面的有效性.
主要方法:
- 这是一项横截面研究,利用匿名,自行填写的问卷,在塞浦路斯四个城市的移动牙科诊所分发.
- 数据收集发生在2021年口腔癌预防运动期间,包括社会人口统计,习惯和OC知识.
- 将2021年的数据与相同的2012年研究数据进行比较,使用相同的问卷.
主要成果:
- 口腔癌的认识从2012年的53%增加到2021年的73.8%.
- 吸烟 (85.4%) 和饮酒 (57%) 是已知的风险因素,尽管遗传因素被高估了 (27.3%).
- 查参与率从12%上升到19.8%,寻求口腔病变的牙科护理从25.6%上升到36.6%.
结论:
- 虽然塞浦路斯的口腔癌意识有所提高,但仍然存在重大知识差距和社会经济差异.
- 更多的教育和定期的牙科检查与更好的知识和查率有关.
- 为了促进口腔健康,鼓励预防措施,并促进早期发现口腔癌,全面的多部门方法至关重要.
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