Awareness and attitudes of Greek medical students on colorectal cancer screening
屏蔽的 colorectal 癌症上的希腊医学院的学生的了解和态度作者机构：Hepatogas-troenterology Unit 2nd Department of Internal Medicine and Research Unit Attikon University General Hospital Medical School Athens University 12462 Haidari Greece
出 版 物：《World Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy》 (世界胃肠内镜杂志（英文版）（电子版）)
年 卷 期：2012年第4卷第11期
页 面：513-517页
学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100214[医学-肿瘤学] 10[医学]
主 题：Screening Medical students Colorectal cancer Attitudes
摘 要：AIM: To prospectively assess the knowledge and attitudes of medical students (MS), as tomorrow’s physicians, about colorectal cancer (CRC) and its screening ***: Three hundred fourth year MS of the University of Athens were enrolled in this survey. Their selection was random, based on student identification card number. All participants completed an anonymous written questionnaire over a 4 month period. The questionnaire was divided into 4 sections and included queries about CRC-related symptoms, screening with colonoscopy and MS awareness and attitudes in this field. Following collection and analysis of the data, the results are presented as percentages of answers for each separate question. RESULTS: Two hundred and sixty-five students an-swered the questionnaire over a 4 mo period. Interestingly, only 69% of the study population considered CRC to be a high-risk condition for public health. However, the vast majority of participants identified CRC-related symptoms and acknowledged its screening to be of great value in reducing CRC incidence and mortality. A very small proportion (38%) had received information material regarding CRC screening (either during their medical training or as a part of information provided to the general public) and only 60% of the participants declared willingness to receive further information. Regarding colonoscopy, 85% would prefer an alternative to colonoscopy methods for CRC screening. Moreover, 53% considered it to be a painful method and 68% would appreciate more information about the ***: MS in Greece need to be better informed about CRC screening and screening colonoscopy.
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