Bibliographic citations
Izaguirre, P., (2012). Nivel de conocimiento sobre cáncer oral de estudiantes del último año de la carrera profesional de odontología de tres universidades de Lima, en el año 2012 [Tesis, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos]. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12672/2812
Izaguirre, P., Nivel de conocimiento sobre cáncer oral de estudiantes del último año de la carrera profesional de odontología de tres universidades de Lima, en el año 2012 [Tesis]. PE: Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos; 2012. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12672/2812
@misc{renati/475262,
title = "Nivel de conocimiento sobre cáncer oral de estudiantes del último año de la carrera profesional de odontología de tres universidades de Lima, en el año 2012",
author = "Izaguirre Pérez, Patricia Margarita",
publisher = "Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos",
year = "2012"
}
-- This studywas a descriptive and transversal type, which purpose was to assess last year dentistry student’s knowledge level ofOralcancer. It was a stratified sample of 150 students of three Universities in Lima on 2012.It was made a bibliographic review, and developed a 24 item questionnaire to determinate oral cancer knowledge. The questionnaire was validated by an expert’s judge and crombach analysis (7, 62). The questions were asked, investigating knowledge about: oral cancer epidemiology, risk factors, diagnosis, treatment and oral cancer prevention. Forty four percent of the participating students had a regular level of knowledge of oral cancer. At the level of knowledge, low, was distributed 39.3% of the population and the level of knowledge, well, found EL16% of the population. Etiology and diagnosis sections obtained the highest scores; these sections included questions about risk factors, signs and symptoms of oral cancer and location. On the other hand, treatment and prevention sections obtained the lowest scores. This study identified an existing gap in oral cancer knowledge among dental students and highlights the need to enhance oral cancer education among pre grate students in benefit of the population that may be addressed by future professionals.
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