An analysis of first-time enquirers to the CancerBACUP information service: variations with cancer site, demographic status and geographical location
| Autor: | Markella Boudioni, Maurice L. Slevin, J King, Mary Boulton, E Wilson, Klim McPherson, J Mossman, Angela Jones |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 1999 |
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Male Cancer Research medicine.medical_specialty Pathology standardized incidence ratios Social class demographic data Neoplasms Epidemiology Medicine Humans Oncology & Carcinogenesis Location Socioeconomic status Aged Demography Service (business) Information Services business.industry Public health Incidence (epidemiology) Incidence Great Britain Cancer Regular Article Middle Aged medicine.disease United Kingdom population data Oncology Female cancer information business 1112 Oncology And Carcinogenesis |
| Zdroj: | British Journal of Cancer |
| ISSN: | 1532-1827 0007-0920 |
| Popis: | A retrospective comparison of cancer incidence data and, where relevant, population data with 16 955first-time users (patients, relatives and friends) of a national cancer information service (CancerBACUP) during the period April1995 to March 1996 is presented. The number of events observed was compared with the number of events expected, were the nationalrates of cancer incidence and population demographics apply. Standardized incidence ratios (SIRs) (observed – expectedratios) were used to indicate any differences. Statistically significant differences (P< 0.001) in the observed andexpected sex, age and primary site distribution of patients enquired about were found. Statistically significant differences(P< 0.001) were also identified for the age, employment status, socioeconomic class and geographical location offirst-time enquirers (patients, relatives and friends). Enquiries about brain, testis and breast cancers and non-Hodgkin'slymphoma (NHL) were substantially higher than expected; enquiries about bladder, lung, stomach and colorectal cancers were muchlower than expected. As the service is provided via a freephone number, it is available to all, and users might be expected to berandomly distributed across the variables listed. The underlying reasons for the differences identified need to be investigated,and the role of information in the care of cancer patients should be formally evaluated. © 1999 Cancer Research Campaign |
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