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Knowledge and attitude on colorectal cancer screening among private general practitioners in Kelantan

Background: Colorectal cancer (CRC) is among the commonest cancer in Malaysia. Studies showed that private general practitioners (GPs) have inadequate knowledge and negative attitude towards screening for CRC which results in poor screening practice. Aims: To determine the level of knowledge and...

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Main Authors: Masliza, Yusof, Faridah, Mohd Zin, Nani, Draman, Harmy, Mohd Yusof, Norwati, Daud
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spelling my-unisza-ir.12882020-11-11T07:33:40Z http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/1288/ Knowledge and attitude on colorectal cancer screening among private general practitioners in Kelantan Masliza, Yusof Faridah, Mohd Zin Nani, Draman Harmy, Mohd Yusof Norwati, Daud H Social Sciences (General) R Medicine (General) Background: Colorectal cancer (CRC) is among the commonest cancer in Malaysia. Studies showed that private general practitioners (GPs) have inadequate knowledge and negative attitude towards screening for CRC which results in poor screening practice. Aims: To determine the level of knowledge and attitude on colorectal cancer screening among private general practitioners in Kelantan. Methodology: A cross sectional study was done on 170 registered GPs from January to March 2013. A validated self-administered questionnaire was used. It contained 18 questions on knowledge and 13 questions on attitude components. A five point Likert Scale (strongly agree to strongly disagree) was used. The cut off point for good knowledge and attitude was 80%. Descriptive analysis was used using statistical Program for Social Science Version 20.0. Results: A total of 127 GPs responded making the response rate of 74.7%. Majority (95.3%) did have any postgraduate training. Only 22 (17.3%) clinics have faecal occult blood test (FOBT) service. The mean (SD) percent score for knowledge was 69.8% (7.9). The percentage of GPs with good knowledge was 21.3%. Only 13.4% of GPs update their knowledge on CRC screening. The mean (SD) percent score for attitude was 19.8% (43.3). The percentage of GPs with good attitude was only 4.7%. About 90% agree that screening with FOBT is able to detect CRC at early stage. Conclusion: Majority of GPs have inadequate knowledge and poor attitude on colorectal cancer screening. Providing updated knowledge and promoting positive attitude among GPs is important to help in the detection of early colorectal cancer. 2018 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed image en http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/1288/1/FH03-FP-19-23767.jpeg image en http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/1288/2/FH03-FP-19-23768.jpeg text en http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/1288/3/FH03-FP-19-23769.pdf text en http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/1288/4/FH03-FP-19-23770.pdf Masliza, Yusof and Faridah, Mohd Zin and Nani, Draman and Harmy, Mohd Yusof and Norwati, Daud (2018) Knowledge and attitude on colorectal cancer screening among private general practitioners in Kelantan. In: 21st Family Medicine Scientific Conference 2018, 01 Aug 2018, Perak.
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English
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R Medicine (General)
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R Medicine (General)
Masliza, Yusof
Faridah, Mohd Zin
Nani, Draman
Harmy, Mohd Yusof
Norwati, Daud
Knowledge and attitude on colorectal cancer screening among private general practitioners in Kelantan
description Background: Colorectal cancer (CRC) is among the commonest cancer in Malaysia. Studies showed that private general practitioners (GPs) have inadequate knowledge and negative attitude towards screening for CRC which results in poor screening practice. Aims: To determine the level of knowledge and attitude on colorectal cancer screening among private general practitioners in Kelantan. Methodology: A cross sectional study was done on 170 registered GPs from January to March 2013. A validated self-administered questionnaire was used. It contained 18 questions on knowledge and 13 questions on attitude components. A five point Likert Scale (strongly agree to strongly disagree) was used. The cut off point for good knowledge and attitude was 80%. Descriptive analysis was used using statistical Program for Social Science Version 20.0. Results: A total of 127 GPs responded making the response rate of 74.7%. Majority (95.3%) did have any postgraduate training. Only 22 (17.3%) clinics have faecal occult blood test (FOBT) service. The mean (SD) percent score for knowledge was 69.8% (7.9). The percentage of GPs with good knowledge was 21.3%. Only 13.4% of GPs update their knowledge on CRC screening. The mean (SD) percent score for attitude was 19.8% (43.3). The percentage of GPs with good attitude was only 4.7%. About 90% agree that screening with FOBT is able to detect CRC at early stage. Conclusion: Majority of GPs have inadequate knowledge and poor attitude on colorectal cancer screening. Providing updated knowledge and promoting positive attitude among GPs is important to help in the detection of early colorectal cancer.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Masliza, Yusof
Faridah, Mohd Zin
Nani, Draman
Harmy, Mohd Yusof
Norwati, Daud
author_facet Masliza, Yusof
Faridah, Mohd Zin
Nani, Draman
Harmy, Mohd Yusof
Norwati, Daud
author_sort Masliza, Yusof
title Knowledge and attitude on colorectal cancer screening among private general practitioners in Kelantan
title_short Knowledge and attitude on colorectal cancer screening among private general practitioners in Kelantan
title_full Knowledge and attitude on colorectal cancer screening among private general practitioners in Kelantan
title_fullStr Knowledge and attitude on colorectal cancer screening among private general practitioners in Kelantan
title_full_unstemmed Knowledge and attitude on colorectal cancer screening among private general practitioners in Kelantan
title_sort knowledge and attitude on colorectal cancer screening among private general practitioners in kelantan
publishDate 2018
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