Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice toward Skin Cancer Prevention and Detection among Jordanian Medical Students: A Cross-Sectional Study
Introduction. Skin cancer is one of the most growing types of cancer, especially in the Mediterranean, even though it is a preventable disease. The purpose of this study is to assess medical students’ knowledge, attitude, and practice about skin cancer prevention and detection. Methods. A cross-sect...
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| author | Khaled Seetan Almu’atasim Khamees Afnan Migdadi Mosab Abu Shqeer Maram Jameel Hasan Leen Ahmad Shatnawi Tala Abu Bakr Nada Zayed |
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| description | Introduction. Skin cancer is one of the most growing types of cancer, especially in the Mediterranean, even though it is a preventable disease. The purpose of this study is to assess medical students’ knowledge, attitude, and practice about skin cancer prevention and detection. Methods. A cross-sectional study was conducted using a validated structured questionnaire covering the areas of knowledge, attitude, and practice of the study participants. Results. The study involved 1530 students; 55.3% were females. Most of the students possessed proper knowledge about skin cancer (81%). The most prevalent skin cancer risk factors were sun exposure during the day (83.5%) and immunosuppression (71.2%). More than half of the students did not have any habits of skin examination (61.5%). 20% of the students never used sunscreen, while only 20% of them avoided sun exposure during day hours. Conclusion. The general level of the medical students’ knowledge of skin cancer and its risk factors appeared to be higher than what is found in other studies; it is reasonable as the study participants were medical students. However, the protective behavior from the sun was inadequate when compared to the level of knowledge reported. Additional education about the behavior toward sun exposure and protection against skin cancer may be needed to be implemented in the dermatology curriculum. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-7078cf6e0a884d80b0e0fa5326a72b3a2025-02-03T06:13:30ZengWileyJournal of Skin Cancer2090-29132022-01-01202210.1155/2022/6989827Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice toward Skin Cancer Prevention and Detection among Jordanian Medical Students: A Cross-Sectional StudyKhaled Seetan0Almu’atasim Khamees1Afnan Migdadi2Mosab Abu Shqeer3Maram Jameel Hasan4Leen Ahmad Shatnawi5Tala Abu Bakr6Nada Zayed7Department of Clinical SciencesDepartment of Clinical SciencesDepartment of Clinical SciencesFaculty of MedicineDepartment of Clinical SciencesDepartment of Clinical SciencesDepartment of Clinical SciencesDepartment of Clinical DermatologyIntroduction. Skin cancer is one of the most growing types of cancer, especially in the Mediterranean, even though it is a preventable disease. The purpose of this study is to assess medical students’ knowledge, attitude, and practice about skin cancer prevention and detection. Methods. A cross-sectional study was conducted using a validated structured questionnaire covering the areas of knowledge, attitude, and practice of the study participants. Results. The study involved 1530 students; 55.3% were females. Most of the students possessed proper knowledge about skin cancer (81%). The most prevalent skin cancer risk factors were sun exposure during the day (83.5%) and immunosuppression (71.2%). More than half of the students did not have any habits of skin examination (61.5%). 20% of the students never used sunscreen, while only 20% of them avoided sun exposure during day hours. Conclusion. The general level of the medical students’ knowledge of skin cancer and its risk factors appeared to be higher than what is found in other studies; it is reasonable as the study participants were medical students. However, the protective behavior from the sun was inadequate when compared to the level of knowledge reported. Additional education about the behavior toward sun exposure and protection against skin cancer may be needed to be implemented in the dermatology curriculum.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/6989827 |
| spellingShingle | Khaled Seetan Almu’atasim Khamees Afnan Migdadi Mosab Abu Shqeer Maram Jameel Hasan Leen Ahmad Shatnawi Tala Abu Bakr Nada Zayed Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice toward Skin Cancer Prevention and Detection among Jordanian Medical Students: A Cross-Sectional Study Journal of Skin Cancer |
| title | Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice toward Skin Cancer Prevention and Detection among Jordanian Medical Students: A Cross-Sectional Study |
| title_full | Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice toward Skin Cancer Prevention and Detection among Jordanian Medical Students: A Cross-Sectional Study |
| title_fullStr | Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice toward Skin Cancer Prevention and Detection among Jordanian Medical Students: A Cross-Sectional Study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice toward Skin Cancer Prevention and Detection among Jordanian Medical Students: A Cross-Sectional Study |
| title_short | Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice toward Skin Cancer Prevention and Detection among Jordanian Medical Students: A Cross-Sectional Study |
| title_sort | knowledge attitude and practice toward skin cancer prevention and detection among jordanian medical students a cross sectional study |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/6989827 |
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