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- Title
Caracterização do atraso no diagnóstico do câncer de boca e orofaringe em dois centros de referência.
- Authors
Vasconcellos Le Campion, Anna Carolina Omena; de Cássia Batista dos Santos, Karine; do Carmo, Elisandra Silva; da Silva Júnior, Francisco Feliciano; Peixoto, Fernanda Braga; Beder Ribeiro, Camila Maria; Gonçalves, Lucio Souza; Soares Ferreira, Sonia Maria
- Abstract
Objectives: To analyze the chronology of diagnosis and determine whether clinical and epidemiological variables have an influence on diagnostic delay at two referral centers. Methods: The medical records of all patients older than 18 years diagnosed with oral/oropharyngeal cancer from June 2005 to June 2013 were analyzed using SPSS? 20. The association between epidemiological and clinical variables with patient and professional delay was performed using ANOVA, Student's t-test, and Kruskal-Wallis test. Results: In total, 121 medical records were included in the study. Patients were predominantly brown, male, illiterate, living in country towns, smokers, and heavy drinkers (mean age 64.3 years, SD=12.94). The majority (85.1%) of patients were diagnosed at advanced stages of their disease. The greatest delay was patient-related, mean 197.8 days (SD=323.9). Delay in establishing the medical diagnosis averaged 20 days (SD=25.9), and health care system-related delay was 71.1 days (SD=71.7). There was no association of clinical and epidemiological variables with delayed diagnosis (patient and professional). Conclusion: Data from the present study suggest that clinical and epidemiological variables do not influence diagnostic delay.
- Publication
Cadernos Saúde Coletiva, 2016, Vol 24, Issue 2, p178
- ISSN
1414-462X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1590/1414-462X201600020004