Audit of Lung Cancer Screening Practice in Chest Physicians: An Update

The investigators will conduct nationally representative survey in chest physicians in Egypt in 2016-2017. Self-administered questionnaire will be used to assess the physicians' knowledge of lung cancer screening guidelines, beliefs about the effectiveness of screening tests, and ordering of screening chest radiography, low-dose spiral computed tomography, or sputum cytology in the past 12 months.

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Key information

Conditions

Lung Cancer Screening Lung Diseases Lung Neoplasms Neoplasms Neoplasms by Site Respiratory Tract Diseases Respiratory Tract Neoplasms Thoracic Neoplasms

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

AssiutU

Asyut, 71111, Egypt

About this study

Although current practice guidelines do not recommend screening asymptomatic patients for lung cancer, physicians may still order lung cancer screening tests. No recent national survey of health care professionals has focused on lung cancer screening

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

Physicians practising in Egypt (Chest physicians, general practitioners, and general internists)

Exclusion criteria

Other nationalities
Other specialities

Treatment and study plan

Audit

Other

Questionnair

Primary outcomes

Assessment of the use of guidelines of lung cancer screening

Time frame: one year

Secondary outcomes

Self- administrated questionnaire

Time frame: 6 months

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Assiut University

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Registry information

Official study title

Lung Cancer Screening Practice in Chest Physicians

Important dates

Study start: 2016
Primary completion: 2017
Study completion: 2017
First posted: Oct 26, 2016
Registry last updated: Jun 14, 2017

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