Open AccessKnowledge, attitude, and practices of primary health care physicians toward colorectal cancer screening
Author(s) -
Mahmoud Mosli,
Yaser A Alnahdi,
Abdusalam Alghamdi,
Mohammad Baabdullah,
A Hadadi,
Khaleel Khateery,
Ibrahim Alsulami,
Abdulaziz AlHoqail,
Majid A Almadi,
Hani Jawa,
Emad Aljahdli,
Salem M. Bazarah,
Yousef Qari
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
the saudi journal of gastroenterology/saudi journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.608
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1998-4049
pISSN - 1319-3767
DOI - 10.4103/sjg.sjg_1_17
Subject(s) - medicine , family medicine , incidence (geometry) , colorectal cancer screening , colorectal cancer , cross sectional study , logistic regression , health care , medline , alternative medicine , modalities , cancer , colonoscopy , pathology , social science , sociology , political science , law , optics , economics , economic growth , physics
Early diagnosis of chronic illnesses and cancers mainly occurs at primary health care centers (PHCs) by primary health care physicians (PHPs). The incidence of colorectal cancer (CRC) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) is rising and this has been attributed to many factors. The increasing incidence of CRC is compounded by nonadherence to screening recommendations. Therefore, evaluating PHPs knowledge, attitudes, and practices of screening for CRC is clinically important. We aimed to evaluate the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of PHPs regarding CRC screening and to identify the factors associated with nonadherence of PHPs to screening recommendations.