title: [Community survey of plastic surgery].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  A community survey was developed in order to analyses and assess the recognition of plastic surgery. And to provide some initial and useful evidence document for our other jobs.
  
  
  METHODS
  One thousand and one hundred individuals of various ages, either sex, different occupation and education levels, ethnically/racially diverse, social background, participated in this survey. All questionnaires were analyzed and chi-square analysis was performed for each question to compare the pattern of responses among the categories of respondents using the SPSS 11.5.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Nine hundred and forty six individuals completed the survey (overall response rate 86%). Group 1 consisted of 342 general college students; The second group consisted of 427 medical college students; the third included 129 general practitioners, and 48 members of the general public comprised the fourth group of respondents. The results reveal that the majority of the crowd in the four groups needs more information about the benefits that our specialty can offer them.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Despite the rapid progress that has occurred in the field of plastic surgery in the last 10 years, a large portion of the population is still unaware, even misunderstanding of the specialty. Therefore, they may not be taking advantage of the optimal care that is already available. And certainly, it also seriously hindrance the specialty. We should take effective methods to improve the advocacy from them. However, in our country, there is a scarcity of empirical evidence about the public perception of plastic surgery; this pilot study attempts to serve our jobs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Cosmetic Surgery of the First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Wulumuqi 830054, China.
authors.forename: Wei-Cheng
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Yang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Shao-Lin
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Ma
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003625:Data Collection; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010865:Pilot Projects; D012494:Sampling Studies; D016037:Single-Blind Method; D013518:Surgery, Plastic; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult