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ArticleSultan Qaboos University medical journal2017

Validation of a Persian Short-Form Version of a Standardised Questionnaire Assessing Oral Cancer Knowledge, Practice and Attitudes Among Dentists.

Nader Navabi, Maryam A Hashemipour, Aida Roughani

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Article in Sultan Qaboos University medical journal, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Dental Education for Prevention of Oral Cancer in Turkey: Needs for Changing the Curriculum.Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education · 2022
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Nader NavabiDepartment of Oral Medicine, School of Dentistry, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.
Maryam A HashemipourDepartment of Oral Medicine, School of Dentistry, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.
Aida RoughaniDepartment of Oral Medicine, School of Dentistry, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.
Kerman University of Medical Sciences · IR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesOral cancer is a global health problem; however, many dentists lack the necessary skills, knowledge and capacity to diagnose oral cancers early. This study aimed to examine the validity and reliability of a Persian short-form version of a standardised questionnaire to assess dentists' knowledge, practice and attitudes towards oral cancer.

methodsThis cross-sectional analytical study was carried out in May 2015 in Tehran, Iran. An original 39-item English-language questionnaire developed by Yellowitz

resultsA total of 13 professionals and 313 general dentists participated in the study (response rates: 86.7% and 32.2%, respectively). After the elimination of six items (two knowledge, two attitude and two practice items), the validity and reliability of the questionnaire was confirmed.

conclusionThe final Persian 14-item version of the questionnaire had acceptable validity and internal consistency. These results indicate that researchers can use this translated short-form version to evaluate oral cancer knowledge, attitudes and practices among Persian-speaking dentists; this will allow for a comparison of data between different populations.

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Health Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeAdultAgedClinical CompetenceCross-Sectional StudiesDentistsFemaleHealth Care SurveysHumansIranMaleMiddle AgedMouth NeoplasmsPsychometricsReproducibility of ResultsTranslationsAttitudesDentistsIranKnowledgeOral CancerQuestionnaire DesignTranslationsValidity and Reliability

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PMID28417033
PMCPMC5380426
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