Knowledge, attitude, and practices of primary health care physicians toward colorectal cancer screening.

ABSTRACT:

Background/aim

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.

Materials and methods

PHPs working at three tertiary care centers and PHCs across the city of Jeddah wer

SUBMITTER: Mosli M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5738794 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature