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Pérula-de Torres LÁ, Romero-Rodríguez E, Moscosio-Cuevas JI, Ruiz-Moral R, Jiménez-García C, Ranchal-Sanchez A, Palenzuela-Paniagua S. Awareness of the European Code Against Cancer of Family Medicine Residents and Nursing and Medicine Students in Spain. JOURNAL OF CANCER EDUCATION : THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR CANCER EDUCATION 2021; 36:1069-1074. [PMID: 32207062 DOI: 10.1007/s13187-020-01736-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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UNLABELLED Health professionals and students in training are key for early diagnosis of cancer. The objective of this study was to evaluate the awareness of Family Medicine (FM) residents and Medicine and Nursing undergraduate students in Spain regarding the European Code Against Cancer (ECAC). This was a descriptive, cross-sectional, and multicenter study. LOCATION Teaching Units of FM of Cordoba and Ceuta and Schools of Medicine and Nursing of the Universities of Cordoba and Francisco de Vitoria of Madrid (Spain). PARTICIPANTS residents of FM and Medicine and Nursing undergraduate Spanish students. INTERVENTION self-administered questionnaire to assess the awareness about the ECAC. A total of 651 subjects participated (52.4% [95% CI 48.5-56.2] Nursing students, 34% [95% CI 30.3-37.6] Medicine students, and 13.6% [95% CI 11.0-16.3] FM residents). Of the total subjects participated, 74.8% were women. Mean age: 22.34 years (standard deviation, 4.68; range, 18-52; 95% CI, 21.98-22.70). A total of 76.8% (95% CI 73.5-80.1) declared to be unaware of the ECAC. Those referring to be aware of the ECAC mainly knew it through degree subjects (7.5% [95% CI 5.5.5-9.6]). Residents of FM (p < 0.001), older participants (p < 0.001), and those belonging to the Teaching Units (p = 0.002) showed a better awareness of the ECAC. Our findings reveal the unawareness on the ECAC in three out of four participants. The access to the advice described in the ECAC through the Medicine and Nursing Schools and FM Teaching Units is poor. The awareness of the ECAC of postgraduate residents is higher than that the awareness of the undergraduate students.
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- Luis Ángel Pérula-de Torres
- Instituto Maimónides de Investigación Biomédica de Córdoba (IMIBIC), Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía, Universidad de Córdoba, Avda. Menéndez Pidal s/n, 14011, Córdoba, Spain.
- Unidad Docente Multiprofesional de Atención Familiar y Comunitaria de Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain.
- Grupo de Evaluación y mejora del Programa de Actividades Preventivas y de Promoción de la Salud (PAPPS), de la Sociedad Española de Medicina Familiar y Comunitaria (semFYC), Barcelona, Spain.
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- Instituto Maimónides de Investigación Biomédica de Córdoba (IMIBIC), Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía, Universidad de Córdoba, Avda. Menéndez Pidal s/n, 14011, Córdoba, Spain
- Grupo de Evaluación y mejora del Programa de Actividades Preventivas y de Promoción de la Salud (PAPPS), de la Sociedad Española de Medicina Familiar y Comunitaria (semFYC), Barcelona, Spain
- Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- Instituto Maimónides de Investigación Biomédica de Córdoba (IMIBIC), Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía, Universidad de Córdoba, Avda. Menéndez Pidal s/n, 14011, Córdoba, Spain
- Universidad Francisco de Vitoria, Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto Maimónides de Investigación Biomédica de Córdoba (IMIBIC), Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía, Universidad de Córdoba, Avda. Menéndez Pidal s/n, 14011, Córdoba, Spain
- Distrito Sanitario Córdoba y Guadalquivir, Córdoba, Spain
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- Instituto Maimónides de Investigación Biomédica de Córdoba (IMIBIC), Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía, Universidad de Córdoba, Avda. Menéndez Pidal s/n, 14011, Córdoba, Spain
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- Teaching Unit of Family and Community Medicine of Ceuta, Ceuta, Spain
- Group of the Adolescent, Andalusian Society of Family and Community Medicine (SAMFyC), Calle Al-Andalus, 21, 14011, Córdoba, Spain
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Romero-Rodríguez E, Pérula-de Torres LA, Moscosio-Cuevas JI, Ruiz-Moral R, Jiménez-García C, Olaya-Caro I, Camarelles-Guillem F. Health-Related Lifestyles and Cancer-Preventive Behaviors of Medical and Nursing Students and Family Medicine Residents in Relation to the European Code Against Cancer. JOURNAL OF CANCER EDUCATION : THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR CANCER EDUCATION 2021; 36:576-583. [PMID: 31848937 DOI: 10.1007/s13187-019-01667-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Family medicine (FM) residents and medical and nursing students play an important role in the development of preventive and health-promoting activities. The objective was to evaluate the health-related lifestyles and cancer-preventive behaviors of medical and nursing students and FM residents in relation to the European Code Against Cancer (ECAC). This was a descriptive, cross-sectional study performed in Spain. Medical and nursing students and FM residents completed a self-administered questionnaire focused on health-related habits and clinical behaviors related to the ECAC. A total of 740 participants completed the questionnaire. About 12.2% (95% CI [9.8-14.5]) were smokers, and 77.3% (95% CI [74.3-80.3]) sporadically consumed alcohol; 34.2% (95% CI [30.8-37.6]) practiced physical activity 2-3 times a week, and 12.1% (95% CI [9.8-14.5]) were overweight or obese. About 54.2% (95% CI [50.6-57.8]) regularly consumed vegetables. Differences were detected in the completion of screening tests for colorectal cancer (p < 0.001), breast cancer (p = 0.023), cervical cancer (p = 0.006), and prostate-specific antigen determination (p < 0.001) in relation to the participants' academic profiles. Our results reveal heterogeneous practices between the participants in terms of health-related habits. Awareness about the risks of smoking and being overweight were high; however, the perception of the risks associated with solar exposure and alcohol consumption was poor. There was general agreement upon the importance of performing screening tests for breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer, but there were discrepancies related to the need to perform the prostate cancer screening test.
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- Esperanza Romero-Rodríguez
- Instituto Maimónides de Investigación Biomédica de Córdoba (IMIBIC)/, Hospital Reina Sofía/Universidad de Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain
- Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
- Unidad Docente Multiprofesional de Atención Familiar y Comunitaria de Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain
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- Instituto Maimónides de Investigación Biomédica de Córdoba (IMIBIC)/, Hospital Reina Sofía/Universidad de Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain.
- Unidad Docente Multiprofesional de Atención Familiar y Comunitaria de Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain.
- Distrito Sanitario Córdoba y Guadalquivir, Córdoba, Spain.
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- Grupo de Evaluación y mejora del Programa de Actividades Preventivas y de Promoción de la Salud (PAPPS) de la Sociedad Española de Medicina Familiar y Comunitaria (semFYC), Barcelona, Spain
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- Instituto Maimónides de Investigación Biomédica de Córdoba (IMIBIC)/, Hospital Reina Sofía/Universidad de Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain
- Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad Francisco de Vitoria, Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto Maimónides de Investigación Biomédica de Córdoba (IMIBIC)/, Hospital Reina Sofía/Universidad de Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain
- Centro de salud Infanta Mercedes, Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto Maimónides de Investigación Biomédica de Córdoba (IMIBIC)/, Hospital Reina Sofía/Universidad de Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain
- Distrito Sanitario Córdoba y Guadalquivir, Córdoba, Spain
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- Centro de salud Infanta Mercedes, Madrid, Spain
- Grupo de Educación para la Salud del PAPPS (semFYC), Barcelona, Spain
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Saumell Baeza L. Importancia del cribado del cáncer colorrectal. Aten Primaria 2020; 52:585-586. [PMID: 32660767 PMCID: PMC7505901 DOI: 10.1016/j.aprim.2020.05.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2020] [Accepted: 05/27/2020] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Pérula de Torres LÁ, Romero Rodríguez E, Moscosio Cuevas JI, Jiménez García C. [Degree of knowledge of the European Code against Cancer among university students, residents and health professionals of primary care]. Aten Primaria 2020; 52:287-289. [PMID: 31672250 PMCID: PMC7118574 DOI: 10.1016/j.aprim.2019.07.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2019] [Revised: 06/10/2019] [Accepted: 07/14/2019] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Luis Ángel Pérula de Torres
- Instituto Maimónides de Investigación Biomédica de Córdoba (IMIBIC)/Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía/Universidad de Córdoba, Córdoba, España; Unidad Docente de Medicina Familiar y Comunitaria de Córdoba, Córdoba, España; Distrito Sanitario Córdoba y Guadalquivir, Córdoba, España; Grupo de Evaluación y mejora del Programa de Actividades Preventivas y de Promoción de la Salud (PAPPS) de la Sociedad Española de Medicina Familiar y Comunitaria (semFYC).
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- Instituto Maimónides de Investigación Biomédica de Córdoba (IMIBIC)/Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía/Universidad de Córdoba, Córdoba, España; Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, EE. UU; Grupo de Evaluación y mejora del Programa de Actividades Preventivas y de Promoción de la Salud (PAPPS) de la Sociedad Española de Medicina Familiar y Comunitaria (semFYC)
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- Unidad Docente de Medicina Familiar y Comunitaria de Córdoba, Córdoba, España; Grupo/Programa Comunicación y Salud de la semFYC
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- Instituto Maimónides de Investigación Biomédica de Córdoba (IMIBIC)/Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía/Universidad de Córdoba, Córdoba, España; Distrito Sanitario Córdoba y Guadalquivir, Córdoba, España
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