Health behaviors, knowledge, screening, and attitudes toward colorectal cancer among Iraqi adults

OBJECTIVE

This study aimed to evaluate the Iraqi population's health behaviors, knowledge, screening, attitudes toward colorectal cancer (CRC), and possible predictors that may affect their knowledge level.

DESIGN

Cross-sectional study.

SAMPLE

One thousand three hundred sixty-one Iraqi adults from Sulaymaniyah/Iraq.

MEASUREMENTS

The odds ratio (OR) was used to find the association between knowledge of CRC and associated factors.

RESULTS

Among participants, 6.1% had a colonoscopy, 4.0% had a sigmoidoscopy, and 60.8% heard CRC screening. Participants had low knowledge level of CRC risk factors (5.52 ± 1.39), and symptoms (3.73 ± 1.16) and had a medium knowledge of screening (4.35 ± 1.02). Respondents who retired (OR = 1.30; p = .00) and who had graduated from university (OR = 0.86; p = .01) had a high knowledge of CRC, while those who were aged 70 and above (OR = -1.08; p = .00) had a low knowledge of CRC. Furthermore, it was found that Iraqi adults who answered "no idea" to questions related to attitude and who answered incorrectly questions related to risk factors were likely to have low knowledge (p = .00).

CONCLUSIONS

We found a lack of knowledge, screening, and misconceptions about CRC and screening among Iraqi adults. Thus, health training and screening programs should target Iraqi populations.

A comprehensive assessment of the nasal profile among Iraqi adults with different skeletal classes: A retrospective study

Aim

This study was performed to investigate differences in the nasal profile of Iraqi adults with different skeletal class groups.

Materials and methods

Cephalometric radiographs of 90 subjects of Iraqi origin, with the age range of 18-25 years. The collected radiographs were divided into three groups (n = 30) according to the skeletal discrepancies. Different lines and angles were measured and analyzed to determine the size, shape, and position of the nose relative to other facial structures from lateral cephalometric radiograph of each subject.

Results

A number of statistically significant changes were found between cephalometric measurements that reflected differences between the three skeletal class groups. Significant male-female differences were found in the measurements of nasolabial angle and the horizontal distances relating the nose to the incisal edge of the most prominent maxillary central incisor and to the chin. The angular measurements of the nasal tip projection angle, nasomental angle and nasofacial angle were also considerably varied among the three skeletal class groups alongside the vertical distances relating the nose to the upper lip, the incisal edge of the most prominent maxillary central incisor and to the chin.

Conclusion

This study adds valuable information about the impact of the size, shape of nose and its relative position to other craniofacial structures on the nasal profile in patients of Iraqi origin with different skeletal classes. Therefore, the results of the present study are useful guidance for cosmetic surgeons and orthodontists during diagnosis and planning for cosmetic rhinoplasty and orthodontic treatment in Iraqi adults.