Conocimiento sobre melanoma y prácticas de protección frente al sol en pacientes del Hospital Cullen de Santa Fe, Argentina

Introduccion. Melanoma es un cancer de piel de mortalidad alta, cuya incidencia ha aumentado mundialmente en los ultimos anos. El siguiente estudio esta destinado a detectar el conocimiento de la poblacion sobre melanoma y las medidas de proteccion frente a la radiacion UV (RUV), considerando que las dos terceras partes de los casos de melanoma se asocian al sol. Objetivo general. Detectar el conocimiento sobre melanoma y las practicas de proteccion solar, en pacientes que consultan en el Servicio de Dermatologia e internados en Clinica Medica del Hospital Jose M. Cullen. Materiales y metodos. Estudio observacional, prospectivo, longitudinal y descriptivo. La poblacion abarco 275 pacientes, entre 16 y 85 anos, voluntarios del consultorio de Dermatologia e internados en Clinica Medica del Hospital Jose M. Cullen. Mediante el programa Statistical Package for the Social Sciences 15.0, se realizo un analisis descriptivo y la prueba de Chi cuadrado, para determinar asociacion estadistica, entre variables cualitativas con significancia de p Background. Melanoma is one of the deadliest forms of skin cancer, showing an increasing incidence worldwide over the past years. The aim of this study was to assess people's knowledge about melanoma, and their protective measures against UV radiation, considering that two-thirds of melanoma cases are associated to sun exposure. General objective. To assess the knowledge about melanoma and the sun protective practices in patients who attended the Department of Dermatology and in those admitted to the General Internal Medicine Unit of Jose M. Cullen Hospital. Material and methods. It was an observational, prospective, longitudinal, descriptive study. A sample of 275 participants aged between 16-85 years was included, composed of voluntary patients from the Department of Dermatology and inpatients from the General Internal Medicine Unit of Jose M. Cullen Hospital. The Statistical Package for the Social Sciences 15.0 software was used to make a descriptive analysis; the chi-square test was performed with a significance level of p