禁止吸烟标志对膀胱癌患者的影响评估
作者：B. Johnson, R. Abouassaly, D. Ghiculete, R.J. Stewart 来源：Journal of Urology 日期：2013-03-12
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Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Smoking Warning Label on Raising Patient Awareness of Smoking and Bladder Cancer
Abstract
Purpose
To assess the knowledge of patients with regard to the association between smoking and bladder cancer and to examine the impact of a novel smoking warning label on raising awareness of this issue.
Materials and Methods
We conducted a prospective cross-sectional study involving patients who presented to urology and family practice clinics. A questionnaire was used to assess knowledge regarding the association between smoking and various diseases. Participants were also asked to evaluate a novel smoking warning label for bladder cancer.
Results
A total of 291 (97%) patients responded to the questionnaire: 143 (95.3%) in urology clinics vs. 148 (98.7%) in family practice clinics. Overall, only 45.2% of people were aware of the association between smoking and bladder cancer compared to 97.4% who knew that there was an association between smoking and lung cancer. There were not significant differences in knowledge between those in urology and family practice clinics.
After viewing the warning label, 58.1% of responders stated that it had changed their opinion on smoking and bladder cancer and 74.8% felt that this label would be an effective tool to raise awareness of the issue. Patients who changed their opinion had statistically significant less initial knowledge about the association between smoking and bladder cancer (36.7% vs. 57.5% the ones who did not change their opinion, p<0.001).
Conclusions
Awareness regarding the link between smoking and bladder cancer remains low. The use of a smoking warning label may help raise awareness of this important public health issue.
http://www.jurology.com/article/S0022-5347(13)03526-X/abstract
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