A Study to assess the knowledge of oral cancer among tobacco chewers visited to VIMS hospital Bellary with view to develop an information pamphlet.

Mrs.Geeta Shridhar More; Mr.Raosaheb B Jagtap

Volume : IX, Issue : IV, April - 2020

A Study to assess the knowledge of oral cancer among tobacco chewers visited to VIMS hospital Bellary with view to develop an information pamphlet.

Mrs. Geeta Shridhar More, Mr. Raosaheb B Jagtap

Abstract :

A study was A Study to assess the knowledge of oral cancer among tobacco chewers visited to VIMS hospital Bellary with view to develop an information pamphlet. The objectives of the study were 1.To assess the knowledge of oral cancer.2.To develop information pamphlet of oral cancer among tobacco chewers.3.To determine association between knowledge of oral cancer among tobacco chewer and selected demographic variables. Descriptive approach was adopted for the present study. sample was selected by simple random sampling technique. structured interview questionnaire was prepared the collect data. Finding related to sample characteristics are , out of 100 participant majority of participant 35 (35%) were in the age group of 41-50 years , 73(73%) were male , 65 (65%) were from nuclear family , 80 (80%) were married , 60(60%) were belong to hindu religion,30( 30%) sample family income in the he range of 2001-5000 rupees.75(75%) were illiterate, 35(35%) were doing agriculture, 25(25%) were get information from health management. Majority (35%) of the participants had inadequate knowledge regarding oral cancer . Over all mean score 15. mean percentage s0 and SD 4.05. By this analysis investigator found that participants were having below average knowledge in all the aspects. The study concluded that the knowledge in the Oral Cancer among Tobacco Chewers visited to VIMS Hospital at Bellary. There was a significant relation between the knowledge and age, education, occupation and source of information. Hence there was a significant relation between demographic variables and knowledge of adults regarding oral cancers.