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0094/2013 - Delayed referrals of oral cancer patients: Qualitative evaluation of general practitioners perception.
Atrasos nos encaminhamentos de pacientes com suspeita de câncer bucal: Avaliação qualitativa da percepção dos cirurgiões-dentistas na atenção primária à saúde.

Author:

• Eduardo Madruga Lombardo - Lombardo, EM - Porto Alegre, RS - Grupo Hospitalar Conceição - <eduardomlombardo@gmail.com>

Co-author(s):

• Caren Serra Bavaresco - Bavaresco, C.S. - Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul - Grupo Hospitalar Conceição - <c_bavaresco@yahoo.com.br>
• Vinicius Coelho Carrard - Carrard, VC - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul - <vccarrard@gmail.com>
• Amanda Ramos da Cunha - Cunha, A.R - Grupo Hospitalar Conceição - <amandaracunha@yahoo.com.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6358-5582

Thematic Area:

Saúde Bucal

Abstract:

Although the importance of early diagnosis being well established, more than half of the patients with suspicion of oral cancer starts the treatment when the lesions reached an advanced stage. On the other hand, it remains unclear which factors contribute for delay in the oral cancer diagnosis. The aim of this study was to verify, on the general dental practitioners’ (GDP) perception allocated in Primary Health Care Services in Porto Alegre city which reasons could be responsible for the delay of oral cancer diagnosis. The present study had as targets, the GDP who were working in 5 different labor realities in Health Care Services in Porto Alegre city. GDP were eligible to take part in this study if they were working on primary health care services and had degree on Public Health. Eight (8) professionals were invited. The instrument used to collect data was the focus group technique and application of a structured questionnaire. In the primary health care GDP’s perception the following factors apparently related to the oral cancer patients’ delay are: (1) inappropriate early diagnosis, (2) lack of teamwork, (3) depreciation of the need for patients and community co-responsabilization for their own health status and (4) deficient network of health services.

Keywords:

Delayed DiagnosisPrimary Health Care Dentist‘s Practice Patterns

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Lombardo, EM, Bavaresco, C.S., Carrard, VC, Cunha, A.R. Delayed referrals of oral cancer patients: Qualitative evaluation of general practitioners perception.. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2013/Oct). [Citado em 27/09/2024]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/delayed-referrals-of-oral-cancer-patients-qualitative-evaluation-of-general-practitioners-perception/14508



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