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  • Factors Influencing Oral Cancer Screening Preferences in Patients Attending Tertiary Care University Oral Health Clinic

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    Embargoed until: 2022-10-27
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    Author(s)
    McGowan, Bridget
    Grace, Hannah
    Beste, Dean
    Frey, Sophie
    Bridges, Jeffery
    Sun, Jing
    Nair, Raj G
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    Sun, Jing
    Nair, Raj
    Year published
    2021
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    Background: Understanding factors that influence patients' preferences towards oral cancer (OC) screening is imperative to provide high-quality evidence-based OC screening interventions that can be targeted for population-level uptake. This study determined adult patients' knowledge and awareness of OC, and how health behaviours influenced their preferences towards OC screening. Methods: This cross-sectional study used a 42-point questionnaire, between February and May 2020 using a combination of in-person and telephone interviews. Chi-square test and multiple logistic regression analysis was applied to confounding factors ...
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    Background: Understanding factors that influence patients' preferences towards oral cancer (OC) screening is imperative to provide high-quality evidence-based OC screening interventions that can be targeted for population-level uptake. This study determined adult patients' knowledge and awareness of OC, and how health behaviours influenced their preferences towards OC screening. Methods: This cross-sectional study used a 42-point questionnaire, between February and May 2020 using a combination of in-person and telephone interviews. Chi-square test and multiple logistic regression analysis was applied to confounding factors that returned statistical significance against OC knowledge and awareness. Significance of p < 0.05 was accepted. Results: 68 (38.6%) participants out of a total 176 had good knowledge of OC and 89 (50.6%) had good awareness. 31.8% reported preference for OC screening by a general dental practitioner (GDP) over a general medical practitioner (GMP). Majority (72.7%) reported acceptance of OC screening at their next GDP visit. Ages 56-70 (OR=0.357, 95% CI) and previous smokers (OR=0.336, 95% CI) significantly influenced screening preferences. Knowledge of risk factors did not significantly influence OC screening preferences (χ2= 3.178, p=0.075). Conclusions: Significant gaps in OC knowledge, screening and role of GDPs exist with smoking history and age influencing OC screening preferences.
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    Journal Title
    Australian Dental Journal
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1111/adj.12881
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    © 2021 Australian Dental Association. This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Factors Influencing Oral Cancer Screening Preferences in Patients Attending Tertiary Care University Oral Health Clinic, Australian Dental Journal, 2021, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/adj.12881. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving (http://olabout.wiley.com/WileyCDA/Section/id-828039.html)
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    This publication has been entered in Griffith Research Online as an advanced online version.
    Subject
    Dental therapeutics, pharmacology and toxicology
    Public health
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/409646
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