Determinants of delayed diagnosis among pediatric cancer patients from Ayder Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Mekelle, Northern Ethiopia
| Autor: | Afework Mulugeta, Tadele Hailu, Alemseged Berhane |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice Delayed Diagnosis Adolescent Childhood cancer Delayed diagnosis Paediatric cancer 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Cross sectional Neoplasms 030225 pediatrics medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Child Socioeconomic status Determinants Cause of death business.industry Age Factors lcsh:RJ1-570 Infant Cancer lcsh:Pediatrics Ayder medicine.disease Facility based Pediatric cancer Health Literacy Cross-Sectional Studies Caregivers Socioeconomic Factors Quartile Child Preschool Multivariate Analysis Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Female Residence Ethiopia business Research Article Demography |
| Zdroj: | BMC Pediatrics, Vol 19, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2019) BMC Pediatrics |
| ISSN: | 1471-2431 |
| Popis: | Background Despite advances in the field of pediatric oncology, cancer remains a leading cause of death in children. The delays in cancer diagnosis may occur throughout the diagnostic pathway. Diagnosis of childhood cancer as early as possible is crucial to reduce mortality. The aim of this study was to identify determinants of delayed diagnosis among pediatric cancer patients in Ayder Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Northern Ethiopia. Method Facility based cross-sectional study was conducted among pediatric cancer patients aged less than 18 years. Data collection was done by interviewer-administered structured questionnaire from the volunteer primary caregiver from 1st September 2017 to 30th August 2018. The data was checked and cleaned by principal investigator on daily basis during data collection for completeness, consistencies, then coded, entered and analyzed using SPSS version 21 software. Diagnosis delay was considered significant when it is above the 3rd quartile. Binary logistic regression analysis was used to test associations between each of the determinant factors and the dependent variable. Variables with P-value |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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