Research Article
Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice toward Skin Cancer Prevention and Detection among Jordanian Medical Students: A Cross-Sectional Study
Table 2
General knowledge of participants about skin cancer mainly melanoma.
| | Gender | p (X2) | Female | Male | Total | N | N (%) | N | N (%) | N | N (%) |
| Do you have knowledge about skin cancer | No | 138 | 16.3 | 152 | 22.2 | 290 | 19.0 | 0.003 (8.6) | Yes | 708 | 83.7 | 532 | 77.8 | 1240 | 81.0 | | What is your major source of information about skin cancer | Books | 186 | 24.0 | 230 | 36.9 | 416 | 29.8 | <0.001 (38.9) | Medical school | 626 | 80.9 | 506 | 81.1 | 1132 | 81.0 | | Course outside medical school | 36 | 4.7 | 36 | 5.8 | 72 | 5.2 | | Health professional | 120 | 15.5 | 108 | 17.3 | 228 | 16.3 | | Friend/relative | 31 | 4.0 | 33 | 5.3 | 64 | 4.6 | | Internet | 294 | 38.0 | 264 | 42.3 | 558 | 39.9 | | Media | 150 | 19.4 | 90 | 14.4 | 240 | 17.2 | | According to your knowledge, what is the most common form of skin cancer? | Angiosarcoma | 2 | 0.2 | 12 | 1.8 | 14 | 0.9 | 0.002 (18.9) | Basal cell carcinoma | 408 | 48.2 | 310 | 45.3 | 718 | 46.9 | | Melanoma | 148 | 17.5 | 114 | 16.7 | 262 | 17.1 | | Squamous cell carcinoma | 158 | 18.7 | 160 | 23.4 | 318 | 20.8 | | T Cell lymphoma | 10 | 1.2 | 2 | 0.3 | 12 | 0.8 | | Don’t know | 120 | 14.2 | 86 | 12.6 | 206 | 13.5 | |
| How many moles (melanocytic nevi) does the average person have? | 5 | 88 | 23.5 | 60 | 23.6 | 148 | 23.6 | 0.003 (16.1) | 10 | 88 | 23.5 | 90 | 35.4 | 178 | 28.3 | | 25 | 142 | 38.0 | 76 | 29.9 | 218 | 34.7 | | 50 | 50 | 13.4 | 20 | 7.9 | 70 | 11.1 | | 100 | 6 | 1.6 | 8 | 3.1 | 14 | 2.2 | |
| What is the most common melanoma location? | Head | 146 | 17.3 | 126 | 18.4 | 272 | 17.8 | 0.025 (14.4) | Palm and sole | 42 | 5.0 | 44 | 6.4 | 86 | 5.6 | | Trunk | 201 | 23.8 | 140 | 20.5 | 341 | 22.3 | | Legs | 60 | 7.1 | 34 | 5.0 | 94 | 6.1 | | Mucosa | 22 | 2.6 | 34 | 5.0 | 56 | 3.7 | | Arms | 84 | 9.9 | 84 | 12.3 | 168 | 11.0 | | Don’t know | 290 | 34.3 | 222 | 32.5 | 512 | 33.5 | |
| What are the melanoma characteristics | Change of color/several colors | 554 | 65.5 | 362 | 52.9 | 916 | 59.9 | <0.001 (44.8) | Wound that does not heal | 128 | 15.1 | 74 | 10.8 | 202 | 13.2 | | Mole with asymmetric borders | 562 | 66.4 | 402 | 58.8 | 964 | 63.0 | | Pigmented lesion | 552 | 65.2 | 420 | 61.4 | 972 | 63.5 | | Don’t know | 154 | 18.2 | 144 | 21.1 | 298 | 19.5 | |
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