Gasmelseed Y Ahmed1, Abbas Al Mutair2,3,4,5, Shahinaz Bashir6, Rommel Acunin6, Nora Al Aljabr6, Rasha Alnumari7, Ghina Alarab8, Siddig Mohamed Hussein8, Chandni Saha9, Lamiaa H Al-Jamea10, Alxeander Woodman10, Eman Almusalami9. 1. College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Almanagil University, Almanagil, Sudan. 2. Research Center Almoosa specialist hospital, Alahsa, Saudi Arabia. abbas.almutair@almoosahospital.com.sa. 3. School of Nursing, Wollongong University, Wollongong, Australia. abbas.almutair@almoosahospital.com.sa. 4. Almoosa College of Health Sciences, Alahsa, Saudi Arabia. abbas.almutair@almoosahospital.com.sa. 5. Nursing Department, Princess Nourah Bint Abdul Rahman University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. abbas.almutair@almoosahospital.com.sa. 6. King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (KAIMRC), Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia. 7. King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (KAIMRC), Dammam, Saudi Arabia. 8. Almoosa Specialist Hospital, Alahsa, Saudi Arabia. 9. Research Center Almoosa specialist hospital, Alahsa, Saudi Arabia. 10. Vice Deanship of Postgraduate studies and Research, Prince Sultan Military College of Health Sciences, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Screening is a cancer prevention measure for groups who are asymptomatic, and diagnosis is a medical test for groups who are symptomatic. The occupational privilege of health care providers (HCPs) is expected to play a positive role in cancer screening practices. Therefore, this study aimed to assess perceptions and personal attitudes of HCPs regarding their decision to screen for cancer in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia. DESIGN: A cross-sectional multicenter survey study was conducted. A well-designed and validated questionnaire was distributed to the HCPs at three tertiary hospitals in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia. RESULTS: Out of 900 health care providers who received the questionnaire, 372 completed it. Two-thirds, 247 (66.4%) of them were nurses and the rest were physicians and the mean age was 34.1 ± 7.1 years. Regardless of gender, profession, or age, the overall rate of belief in the importance of regular cancer screening was high; 91.4%. The number of participants who did not screen for colonoscopy was significantly higher than those who screened. The number of females in the age group of between 45 and 54 years who screened with mammography was significantly higher than non-screened. In a similar way, male HCPs above 54 years who got themselves screened for Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA) were significantly higher than those who did not. CONCLUSIONS: Findings of the current research and existing evidence specifically for the Saudi community indicated a need to raise awareness, emphasizing the role of HCPs in motivating themselves, their families, and their patients to implement various cancer screening programs.
BACKGROUND: Screening is a cancer prevention measure for groups who are asymptomatic, and diagnosis is a medical test for groups who are symptomatic. The occupational privilege of health care providers (HCPs) is expected to play a positive role in cancer screening practices. Therefore, this study aimed to assess perceptions and personal attitudes of HCPs regarding their decision to screen for cancer in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia. DESIGN: A cross-sectional multicenter survey study was conducted. A well-designed and validated questionnaire was distributed to the HCPs at three tertiary hospitals in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia. RESULTS: Out of 900 health care providers who received the questionnaire, 372 completed it. Two-thirds, 247 (66.4%) of them were nurses and the rest were physicians and the mean age was 34.1 ± 7.1 years. Regardless of gender, profession, or age, the overall rate of belief in the importance of regular cancer screening was high; 91.4%. The number of participants who did not screen for colonoscopy was significantly higher than those who screened. The number of females in the age group of between 45 and 54 years who screened with mammography was significantly higher than non-screened. In a similar way, male HCPs above 54 years who got themselves screened for Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA) were significantly higher than those who did not. CONCLUSIONS: Findings of the current research and existing evidence specifically for the Saudi community indicated a need to raise awareness, emphasizing the role of HCPs in motivating themselves, their families, and their patients to implement various cancer screening programs.
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