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| Title |
Explaining time elapsed prior to cancer diagnosis: patients’ perspectives
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| Published in |
BMC Health Services Research, June 2017
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12913-017-2390-1 |
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| Authors |
Astrid Brousselle, Mylaine Breton, Lynda Benhadj, Dominique Tremblay, Sylvie Provost, Danièle Roberge, Raynald Pineault, Pierre Tousignant |
| Abstract |
Cancer is the leading cause of death in Canada. Early cancer diagnosis could improve patients' prognosis and quality of life. This study aimed to analyze the factors influencing elapsed time between the first help-seeking trigger and cancer diagnosis with respect to the three most common and deadliest cancer types: lung, breast, and colorectal. This paper presents the qualitative component of a larger project based on a sequential explanatory design. Twenty-two patients diagnosed were interviewed, between 2011 to 2013, in oncology clinics of four hospitals in the two most populous regions in Quebec (Canada). Transcripts were analyzed using the Model of Pathways to Treatment. Pre-diagnosis elapsed time and phases are difficult to appraise precisely and vary according to cancer sites and symptoms specificity. This observation makes the Model of Pathways to Treatment challenging to use to analyze patients' experiences. Analyses identified factors contributing to elapsed time that are linked to type of cancer, to patients, and to health system organization. This research allowed us to identify avenues for reducing the intervals between first symptoms and cancer diagnosis. The existence of inequities in access to diagnostic services, even in a universal healthcare system, was highlighted. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
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| Unknown | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
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| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 81 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 81 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Student > Master | 13 | 16% |
| Other | 11 | 14% |
| Researcher | 8 | 10% |
| Student > Bachelor | 6 | 7% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 5 | 6% |
| Other | 10 | 12% |
| Unknown | 28 | 35% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Medicine and Dentistry | 20 | 25% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 16 | 20% |
| Psychology | 3 | 4% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 2 | 2% |
| Social Sciences | 2 | 2% |
| Other | 8 | 10% |
| Unknown | 30 | 37% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 7. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 03 March 2020.
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#2,140
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#80,237
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#58
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