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 (X^2)
		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