Oral cancer awareness among patients attending university dental clinic in Kuantan, Pahang

In Malaysia oral cancer is the 21st most common cancer in general population. It is 17th most common cancer in male and 16th most common cancer in female. The incidence of oral cancer is predominant among Indian ethnic group where mouth and tongue cancer were among most 10 most cancer for both male...

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Main Authors:	Abllah, Zurainie, Juhari, Sofiah, Ahmad Pauzi, Nasuha, Tin, Myo Han, Hassan, Haszelini, Faisal, Ghasak Ghazi
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English English
Published:	Elsevier 2019
Subjects:	RK318 Oral and Dental Medicine. Pathology. Diseases-Therapeutics-General Works
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spelling	iium-739362019-09-30T06:58:10Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/73936/ Oral cancer awareness among patients attending university dental clinic in Kuantan, Pahang Abllah, Zurainie Juhari, Sofiah Ahmad Pauzi, Nasuha Tin, Myo Han Hassan, Haszelini Faisal, Ghasak Ghazi RK318 Oral and Dental Medicine. Pathology. Diseases-Therapeutics-General Works In Malaysia oral cancer is the 21st most common cancer in general population. It is 17th most common cancer in male and 16th most common cancer in female. The incidence of oral cancer is predominant among Indian ethnic group where mouth and tongue cancer were among most 10 most cancer for both male and female The study is to assess the awareness of dental patients on oral cancer and its relation to their socio-demographic background. Questionnaires were distributed to the 100 participants to assess their awareness on oral cancer in a university dental clinic in Kuantan, Pahang. Cross analysis, t-test and ANOVA tests were applied to infer the relationship between socio-demographic and awareness level of the respondents. There was a trend for young, good education and income with good awareness about oral cancer, but not significant associated with socio-demographic. The awareness levels of the participants are low and not significantly influenced by socio-demographic status. Elsevier 2019-08-08 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/73936/7/73936%20Oral%20Cancer%20Awareness%20among%20Patients.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/73936/8/73936%20Oral%20Cancer%20Awareness%20among%20Patients%20SCOPUS.pdf Abllah, Zurainie and Juhari, Sofiah and Ahmad Pauzi, Nasuha and Tin, Myo Han and Hassan, Haszelini and Faisal, Ghasak Ghazi (2019) Oral cancer awareness among patients attending university dental clinic in Kuantan, Pahang. In: Conference on BioMedical and Advanced Materials (Bio-CAM 2017), 28th-29th November 2017, Pulau Langkawi, Kedah. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214785319314671 10.1016/j.matpr.2019.06.118
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spellingShingle	RK318 Oral and Dental Medicine. Pathology. Diseases-Therapeutics-General Works Abllah, Zurainie Juhari, Sofiah Ahmad Pauzi, Nasuha Tin, Myo Han Hassan, Haszelini Faisal, Ghasak Ghazi Oral cancer awareness among patients attending university dental clinic in Kuantan, Pahang
description	In Malaysia oral cancer is the 21st most common cancer in general population. It is 17th most common cancer in male and 16th most common cancer in female. The incidence of oral cancer is predominant among Indian ethnic group where mouth and tongue cancer were among most 10 most cancer for both male and female The study is to assess the awareness of dental patients on oral cancer and its relation to their socio-demographic background. Questionnaires were distributed to the 100 participants to assess their awareness on oral cancer in a university dental clinic in Kuantan, Pahang. Cross analysis, t-test and ANOVA tests were applied to infer the relationship between socio-demographic and awareness level of the respondents. There was a trend for young, good education and income with good awareness about oral cancer, but not significant associated with socio-demographic. The awareness levels of the participants are low and not significantly influenced by socio-demographic status.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Abllah, Zurainie Juhari, Sofiah Ahmad Pauzi, Nasuha Tin, Myo Han Hassan, Haszelini Faisal, Ghasak Ghazi
author_facet	Abllah, Zurainie Juhari, Sofiah Ahmad Pauzi, Nasuha Tin, Myo Han Hassan, Haszelini Faisal, Ghasak Ghazi
author_sort	Abllah, Zurainie
title	Oral cancer awareness among patients attending university dental clinic in Kuantan, Pahang
title_short	Oral cancer awareness among patients attending university dental clinic in Kuantan, Pahang
title_full	Oral cancer awareness among patients attending university dental clinic in Kuantan, Pahang
title_fullStr	Oral cancer awareness among patients attending university dental clinic in Kuantan, Pahang
title_full_unstemmed	Oral cancer awareness among patients attending university dental clinic in Kuantan, Pahang
title_sort	oral cancer awareness among patients attending university dental clinic in kuantan, pahang
publisher	Elsevier
publishDate	2019
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Oral cancer awareness among patients attending university dental clinic in Kuantan, Pahang

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