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    Efectividad de una intervención educativa sobre conocimientos del cáncer oral en pacientes del consultorio dental “Dientecito” del distrito de Puente Piedra, Lima 2021
    (Universidad Privada Norbert Wiener, 2022-03-24) Alva Asencios, Fiddler Cirilo; Isminio Valverde, Angel Custodio; Mendoza Arana, Pedro Jesus
    The objective of the study was to determine the effectiveness of an educational intervention on knowledge of oral cancer in patients of the "Dientecito" dental office in the Puente Piedra district, Lima 2021. Quantitative research of quasi-experimental and longitudinal design. 80 patients were the sample, divided into 40 in the control group and 40 in the experimental group, in which the pretest and posttest of the oral cancer questionnaire were applied. The contrast of the hypotheses was carried out with the nonparametric tests of U of Mann Whitney, and the Wilcoxon Test. The results showed that, once the educational intervention on oral cancer was carried out in the experimental group, the level of poor knowledge of 92.5% in the pretest improved to good in 65% and fair in 35% of the patients. In the dimensions of oral cancer, knowledge still improved: In general, from bad in 67.5% to regular in 85% and 15% good; in risk factors, from bad in 90% to good in 75% and regular in 20%; about signs and symptoms, from bad in 82.5% to good in 65% and regular in 30%; about the repercussions, from bad in 90% to good in 47.5% and regular in 35%; and on prevention of oral cancer, from bad in 92.5% to good in 85% and fair in 15% of patients. To test the hypothesis, the application of the educational intervention was significantly effective in improving the patient's knowledge about generalities, risk factors, signs and symptoms, repercussions, and prevention of oral cancer (sig <0.05). It is concluded that the application of the educational intervention on oral cancer was significantly effective in improving the knowledge of patients (sig <0.05).