ASSESSMENT OF THE FACTORS INFLUENCING EARLY DETECTION PRACTICES OF ORAL CARCINOMAS BY DENTISTS: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY
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Background: One of the significant health issues globally includes oral carcinoma (OC). It is the 16th most common type of cancer. The incidence of oral carcinoma worldwide is 8/100000 following with a mortality rate of 3.8/100000 of the population. Countries who have low socioeconomic status have a high number of OC cases. In developing countries, almost 2/3rd of the total new cases are reported out of which 25% are from Asian countries. In low-income and middle-income countries, the 5-year survival rate is very low because lip and oral carcinoma ranks the second most common cancers in South Asia. According to the Global Burden of Disease (GBD), there is a 148.76% rise in OC deaths for about the last 30 years in Asian countries.
Objective: To identify and assess the factors that could influence early detection practices of oral carcinoma among dentists
Study design: A cross-sectional analysis
Duration and place of study: This study was conducted in Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre Karachi from January 2024 to January 2025
Methodology: This research is a cross-sectional analysis which included a total of 200 participants. All the participants were gathered from different dental care facilities which included both dental hospitals and private clinics. The participants of this study were all registered dentists who were having the license of PMDC. Digitally, all the data was collected from both clinics and hospitals. SPSS version 26 was used to analyse the data. Percentages, standard deviations, mean, and frequencies were all the descriptive variables. Low, medium, and high levels were described as knowledge scores. ANOVA and t-test were conducted.
Results: There were a total of 200 participants in this study and all of them were registered dentists. The majority of the population were females, representing 70% of the total sample. All the participants were aged from 23 years to 59 years old. About 68% participants were from a younger age group (23 to 29 years). The majority of the participants were general dentists (34%).
Conclusion: The study highlights that early detection of oral carcinoma can improve prognosis, reduces treatment costs, and reduces mortality. Early detection practices are better where there are proper guidelines written.
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Piryanka
General Dentist, Al- Hadeed Medical Center Karachi Pakistan.
Varkha khenpar
Trainee Resident Medical officer General Dentist, Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre Karachi Pakistan.
Hadiqa Ahmed
Director HusooleSehat Pakistan, DUHS, Karach Pakistan.
Partab Puri
Assistant Professor Department Of Community Medicine, Muhammad Medical College (Ibn-E-Sina University) Mirpurkhas.