The Measurement of Delay in Diagnosis and Treatment among Moroccan Women with Cervical Cancer
| Autor: | Fatima Ouasmani, Abdelhalem Mesfioui, Bouchra Haddou Rahou, Rachid Bekkali, Bouchra Benazzouz, Zaki Hanchi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Cervical cancer
Gynecology Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Future studies business.industry Rehabilitation Advanced stage Locally advanced Treatment delay Physical Therapy Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation General Medicine medicine.disease medicine In patient Binary logistic regression analysis Stage (cooking) business |
| Zdroj: | Cancer and Oncology Research. 5:10-19 |
| ISSN: | 2331-6136 2331-6128 |
| Popis: | In Morocco, most of the cervical cancer patients have been reported diagnosed at advanced stage indicating delay in seeking diagnosis and treatment. The main purpose of this investigation was to measure the delay from the first symptom to treatment among Moroccan women with cervical cancer. Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study at the National Institute of Oncology Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah in Rabat, Morocco. A consecutive series of patients with locally advanced cervical cancer or metastasic [stage II-IV] were recruited. We calculated delay by using two events dates of two periods in patient's pathway. Multivariate binary logistic regression analysis was performed to measure the association between all categories of delay and magnitude of total delay. Results: Four hundred and one patients were reached in this study. The median total delay was 183 days, the median patient delay was 120 days, the median diagnosis delay was 110 days, and the median Treatment delay was 57 days. Bivariate analysis showed that patients who did not have respectively patient and diagnosis delay were less likely to have total delay (p |
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