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Assessment of the level of knowledge of colorectal cancer among public at outpatient clinics in Serdang Hospital: a survey based study

Objectives: Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the most common gastrointestinal cancers in the world. In the Asia- Pacific region, it is the fastest emerging gastrointestinal cancer. Level of awareness on CRC warning signs and risk factors in the rural population of Malaysia is reported of very low....

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Main Authors: Yan, Pan, Chieng, Jin Yu, Haris, Ahmad Amirul Hafiz, Ang, Shih Yuan
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Language:English
Published: Malaysia Medical Association 2017
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spelling my.upm.eprints.595732018-03-09T04:04:07Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/59573/ Assessment of the level of knowledge of colorectal cancer among public at outpatient clinics in Serdang Hospital: a survey based study Yan, Pan Chieng, Jin Yu Haris, Ahmad Amirul Hafiz Ang, Shih Yuan Objectives: Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the most common gastrointestinal cancers in the world. In the Asia- Pacific region, it is the fastest emerging gastrointestinal cancer. Level of awareness on CRC warning signs and risk factors in the rural population of Malaysia is reported of very low. The aim of this study was to assess the level of knowledge of CRC among the public at medical outpatient clinics in Serdang Hospital. The association between sociodemographic factors with level of knowledge among the respondents was further studied. Study design: A study was conducted among the non-CRC patients' relatives accompanying their relatives to the medical outpatient clinics in Serdang Hospital from 1st April to 31st August 2016. The study was carried out with cluster sampling method. Methods: The respondents were assessed using validated and modified Cancer Awareness Measures (CAM) questionnaire consists of three parts which are knowledge on warning signs, knowledge on risk factors and sociodemographic factors. All data were analysed using IBM SPSS Statistics 21.0. Results: Altogether 308 subjects completed the questionnaires. It was shown high percentage of good knowledge for warning signs and risk factors of CRC among the respondents. A significant association between age groups and level of income with level of knowledge on warning signs was observed. Conclusions: The level of knowledge of CRC among the general public in Serdang Hospital was sufficient. The respondents with higher income or younger age had higher level of knowledge regarding CRC. Malaysia Medical Association 2017 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/59573/1/Assessment%20of%20the%20level%20of%20knowledge%20of%20colorectal%20cancer%20among%20public%20at%20outpatient%20clinics%20in%20Serdang%20Hospital%20a%20survey%20based%20study.pdf Yan, Pan and Chieng, Jin Yu and Haris, Ahmad Amirul Hafiz and Ang, Shih Yuan (2017) Assessment of the level of knowledge of colorectal cancer among public at outpatient clinics in Serdang Hospital: a survey based study. Medical Journal of Malaysia, 72 (6). pp. 338-344. ISSN 0300-5283 http://www.e-mjm.org/index.html
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description Objectives: Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the most common gastrointestinal cancers in the world. In the Asia- Pacific region, it is the fastest emerging gastrointestinal cancer. Level of awareness on CRC warning signs and risk factors in the rural population of Malaysia is reported of very low. The aim of this study was to assess the level of knowledge of CRC among the public at medical outpatient clinics in Serdang Hospital. The association between sociodemographic factors with level of knowledge among the respondents was further studied. Study design: A study was conducted among the non-CRC patients' relatives accompanying their relatives to the medical outpatient clinics in Serdang Hospital from 1st April to 31st August 2016. The study was carried out with cluster sampling method. Methods: The respondents were assessed using validated and modified Cancer Awareness Measures (CAM) questionnaire consists of three parts which are knowledge on warning signs, knowledge on risk factors and sociodemographic factors. All data were analysed using IBM SPSS Statistics 21.0. Results: Altogether 308 subjects completed the questionnaires. It was shown high percentage of good knowledge for warning signs and risk factors of CRC among the respondents. A significant association between age groups and level of income with level of knowledge on warning signs was observed. Conclusions: The level of knowledge of CRC among the general public in Serdang Hospital was sufficient. The respondents with higher income or younger age had higher level of knowledge regarding CRC.
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author Yan, Pan
Chieng, Jin Yu
Haris, Ahmad Amirul Hafiz
Ang, Shih Yuan
spellingShingle Yan, Pan
Chieng, Jin Yu
Haris, Ahmad Amirul Hafiz
Ang, Shih Yuan
Assessment of the level of knowledge of colorectal cancer among public at outpatient clinics in Serdang Hospital: a survey based study
author_facet Yan, Pan
Chieng, Jin Yu
Haris, Ahmad Amirul Hafiz
Ang, Shih Yuan
author_sort Yan, Pan
title Assessment of the level of knowledge of colorectal cancer among public at outpatient clinics in Serdang Hospital: a survey based study
title_short Assessment of the level of knowledge of colorectal cancer among public at outpatient clinics in Serdang Hospital: a survey based study
title_full Assessment of the level of knowledge of colorectal cancer among public at outpatient clinics in Serdang Hospital: a survey based study
title_fullStr Assessment of the level of knowledge of colorectal cancer among public at outpatient clinics in Serdang Hospital: a survey based study
title_full_unstemmed Assessment of the level of knowledge of colorectal cancer among public at outpatient clinics in Serdang Hospital: a survey based study
title_sort assessment of the level of knowledge of colorectal cancer among public at outpatient clinics in serdang hospital: a survey based study
publisher Malaysia Medical Association
publishDate 2017
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/59573/1/Assessment%20of%20the%20level%20of%20knowledge%20of%20colorectal%20cancer%20among%20public%20at%20outpatient%20clinics%20in%20Serdang%20Hospital%20a%20survey%20based%20study.pdf
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