TY  - JOUR
U1  - Zeitschriftenartikel, wissenschaftlich - begutachtet (reviewed)
A1  - Limaye, Dnyanesh
A1  - Bhatkhande, Gauri
A1  - Sabu, Shweta
A1  - Jain, Aashvi
A1  - Taskar, Poorva
A1  - Gupta, Utkarsh
A1  - Sydymanov, Arlan
A1  - Limaye, Vaidehi
A1  - Pitani, Ravi Shankar
A1  - Sathe, Sushama
A1  - Fortwengel, Gerhard
A1  - Kanso, Zeinab
T1  - Oral cancer awareness among students from Mumbai University
JF  - International Journal of Basic & Clinical Pharmacology
N2  - Background: Oral cancer is among the top three types of cancers in India. Severe alcoholism, use of tobacco in the form of cigarettes, smokeless tobacco, and betel nut chewing are the most common risk factors for oral cancer. Often individuals with pre cancer even notice the alterations, such as reduced mouth opening in oral submucous fibrosis (OSMF), but they are not aware about the causes and consequences of these changes. Awareness about causes and features of oral cancers can be very helpful in prevention, control and early diagnosis of oral cancer.
Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out among students from Mumbai University, India during May-June 2017. Five hundred students were approached to participate in the study of which 400 agreed to participate. Pretested questionnaire was distributed and collected data was analyzed using IBM SPSS version 23.
Results: There were 199 (49%) males and 201 (50%) females in the study and response rate was (80%). Respondents had good knowledge about oral cancer. Seventy four percent (268/362) respondents correctly identified smoking, and tobacco chewing as possible causes of oral cancer. Almost all (96%; 348/362) respondents correctly responded that oral cancer does not spread from person to person through touch or speaking. Seventy two percent (260/362) respondents believed that oral cancer is curable. Significantly higher number of male (98%) compared to female participants answered correctly to questions regarding spread of disease and occurrence of oral cancer in AIDS patients.
Conclusions: Participants showed good knowledge about oral cancer. Female participants showed lesser knowledge compared to male counterparts. Details about oral cancer should be incorporated in the undergraduate curriculum and periodic awareness programs should be organized for students.
KW  - Knowledge
KW  - Oral cancer
KW  - Smoking
KW  - Tobacco
KW  - University students
KW  - Mundhöhlenkrebs
KW  - Rauchen
KW  - Tabakkonsum
KW  - Wissen
KW  - Student
KW  - Mumbai
Y1  - 2018
UN  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bsz:960-opus4-13391
SN  - 2279-0780
SS  - 2279-0780
U6  - https://doi.org/10.25968/opus-1339
DO  - https://doi.org/10.25968/opus-1339
VL  - 2018
IS  - 7(7)
SP  - 1215
EP  - 1219
ER  -