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WONCA 2023 Supplement 1: WONCA 2023 abstracts (A–K)
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Knowledge, attitudes and behaviours of family physicians
working in primary care about the common benign and
malign skin lesions
Doktor Aslıhan Burcu Ay Budak, Gizem Limnili, Nilgün Özçakar
Dokuz Eylul University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Family Practice
Objective
To show how well family physicians in Turkey can recognise common benign and malignant skin lesions
and how they approach these lesions.
Method
A cross-sectional analytical study whose population is family physicians from all over Turkey. All family
physicians in the provinces selected by stratified random sampling from 12 statistical regions of Turkey
were reached via email.
In the first and second sections of the questionnaire, general information and dermatological
patient applications were questioned, while in the third section the question of the benign/malignant
distinction, including predetermined lesions and cases, and the approach to these lesions were
questioned. Lesion images were used with permission from the New Zealand DermNet website.
Research data were evaluated in SPSS (24.0).
Results
Analyses were made on 401 of 416 participants. The mean age of the participants was 48.7 ± 7.5
years; 70.1% (n = 281) were male and 7.5% were specialist family physicians. The first of the two
lesions of malignant melanoma was 65.3% of participants, the first lesion of basal cell carcinoma
63.6%, the second lesion 79.1%, the second of the two lesions of squamous cell carcinoma 85.8%.
They answered wrong.
In the mutual analysis of correct/incorrect responses to seborrhoeic keratosis and malignant melanoma
according to the job description, it was seen that specialist family physicians gave correct answers at a
much higher rate (P = 0.00, P = 0.00).
Conclusion
It has been observed that family physicians can distinguish between benign and malignant lesions more
clearly compared to malignant and premalignant lesions. It is important for the physician working in
the primary care to recognise precancerous and malignant lesions and refer them when necessary to
ensure early diagnosis of these diseases and to increase the survival of patients.
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