INTRODUCTION:
General practitioners can play a key role in prevention and early detection of cancer. The aim of this study was to assess their current clinical practices concerning risk factors such as smoking, alcohol, diet and cancer screening.
METHOD:
A self-administered questionnaire was sent to GPs working at the Fez Prefecture health centre (Morocco).Questions concerned primary prevention (smoking, alcohol, diet, sun exposure) and cancer screening (breast, uterine cervix, colon-rectum, prostate, skin cancers).
RESULTS:
The participation rate was 75.8%. The average age of GPs was 45.6 +/- 6.8 years and 53.8% were female. Monitoring training on cancer prevention was reported by 25.6% of GPs. We noted a great diversity for screening, even for cancers with a consensus concerning the role of screening, such as breast, and uterine cervix cancers. Many physicians reported ordering prostate- specific antigen tests (70.2%) but only 6.7% ordered faecal occult blood tests.
CONCLUSION:
This study emphasizes the need to improve the general practitioners’ knowledge on cancer screening.
PMID: 24418432
| Référence | 2416 |
| Année | 2014 |
| Type | Article |
| Lien externe | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24418432 |
| Auteur | Benaicha N |
| Auteurs associés | Elfakir S, Najdi A, Keita S, Berraho MA, Nejjari C |
| Discipline | Laboratoire |
| Revue | Revue d'Épidémiologie et de Santé Publique |
| Référence Revue | 25(5):685-91 |