TY - JOUR
T1 - Head and neck cancer awareness exploratory survey in undergraduate students
AU - Mandasari, Masita
AU - Astuti, Ambar Kusuma
AU - Indrastiti, Ratna Kumala
AU - Treister, Nathaniel Simon
AU - Karsono, Jesslyn
AU - Sulisfianty, Sonia Adhelia
N1 - Funding Information:
Authors would like to thank Ewa Sierko, M.D., Ph.D. (Department of Oncology, Medical University of Bialystok, Bialystok, Poland) for permission to sue the uqestionnaire ni its htsduy. Funding statement The study and publication of this article received support from Universitas Indonesia through International-Indexed Publication Grant (PUTI Universitas Indonesia) number NKB-2327/UN2.RST/HKP05.00/2020. Authorship MM conceptualized and supervised research, procured research funding, analyzed and visualized data, wrote and reviewed manuscript; AKA and RKI supervised research, wrote and reviewed manuscript; NST wrote and reviewed manuscript; JK and SAS collected and analyzed data.
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PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - Head and neck cancer (HNC) was among the seven cancers which contributed to half of the global burden on mortality and incidence according to GLOBOCAN 2018. Tobacco, consumption of alcohol, and HPV infection are among the risk factors related to HNC. This study aimed to explore the knowledge of HNC among university students in Universitas Indonesia. Online questionnaire adapted and translated into Indonesian language was delivered to undergraduate students aged 18-24 years old in Universitas Indonesia. Students from Health Sciences Cluster, Science and Technology Cluster, and Social Sciences and Humanities Cluster were invited to participate in the study. There were 1090 respondents included in the study. Respondents were largely female (n = 807, 74%), nonsmoking (n=1075, 91.8%), and more than half were enrolled as students in the faculties of non-Health Sciences Cluster (n = 567, 52%). Two-thirds of respondents had heard about HNC and internet was mentioned as the main source of HNC information. Alcohol and tobacco smoking were recognized as risk factors of HNC while neck tumor was thought as the early symptoms of HNC by most respondents. This study found that although most respondents already knew about HNC and recognized smoking as a risk factor, there was a lack of knowledge regarding the early symptoms of HNC.
AB - Head and neck cancer (HNC) was among the seven cancers which contributed to half of the global burden on mortality and incidence according to GLOBOCAN 2018. Tobacco, consumption of alcohol, and HPV infection are among the risk factors related to HNC. This study aimed to explore the knowledge of HNC among university students in Universitas Indonesia. Online questionnaire adapted and translated into Indonesian language was delivered to undergraduate students aged 18-24 years old in Universitas Indonesia. Students from Health Sciences Cluster, Science and Technology Cluster, and Social Sciences and Humanities Cluster were invited to participate in the study. There were 1090 respondents included in the study. Respondents were largely female (n = 807, 74%), nonsmoking (n=1075, 91.8%), and more than half were enrolled as students in the faculties of non-Health Sciences Cluster (n = 567, 52%). Two-thirds of respondents had heard about HNC and internet was mentioned as the main source of HNC information. Alcohol and tobacco smoking were recognized as risk factors of HNC while neck tumor was thought as the early symptoms of HNC by most respondents. This study found that although most respondents already knew about HNC and recognized smoking as a risk factor, there was a lack of knowledge regarding the early symptoms of HNC.
KW - Awareness
KW - Exploratory survey
KW - Head and neck cancer
KW - Indonesia
KW - Undergraduate students
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M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85133768963
SN - 1309-100X
VL - 15
SP - 728
EP - 734
JO - Journal of International Dental and Medical Research
JF - Journal of International Dental and Medical Research
IS - 2
ER -