| Title |
Patient perspectives on delays in diagnosis and treatment of cancer: a qualitative analysis of free-text data
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| Published in |
British Journal of General Practice, November 2016
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| DOI | 10.3399/bjgp16x688357 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Rachel K Parsonage, Julia Hiscock, Rebecca-Jane Law, Richard D Neal |
| Abstract |
Earlier cancer diagnosis is crucial in improving cancer survival. The International Cancer Benchmarking Partnership Module 4 (ICBP4) is a quantitative survey study that explores the reasons for delays in diagnosis and treatment of breast, colorectal, lung, and ovarian cancer. To further understand the associated diagnostic processes, it is also important to explore the patient perspectives expressed in the free-text comments. To use the free-text data provided by patients completing the ICBP4 survey to augment the understanding of patients' perspectives of their diagnostic journey. Qualitative analysis of the free-text data collected in Wales between October 2013 and December 2014 as part of the ICBP4 survey. Newly-diagnosed patients with either breast, ovarian, colorectal, or lung cancer were identified from registry data and then invited by their GPs to participate in the survey. A thematic framework was used to analyse the free-text comments provided at the end of the ICBP4 survey. Of the 905 patients who returned a questionnaire, 530 included comments. The free-text data provided information about patients' perspectives of the diagnostic journey. Analysis identified factors that acted as either barriers or facilitators at different stages of the diagnostic process. Some factors, such as screening, doctor-patient familiarity, and private treatment, acted as both barriers and facilitators depending on the context. Factors identified in this study help to explain how existing models of cancer diagnosis (for example, the Pathways to Treatment Model) work in practice. It is important that clinicians are aware of how these factors may interact with individual clinical cases and either facilitate, or act as a barrier to, subsequent cancer diagnosis. Understanding and implementing this knowledge into clinical practice may result in quicker cancer diagnoses. |
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| United Kingdom | 11 | 39% |
| United States | 2 | 7% |
| Spain | 2 | 7% |
| New Zealand | 1 | 4% |
| Unknown | 12 | 43% |
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| Student > Bachelor | 11 | 11% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 10 | 10% |
| Other | 7 | 7% |
| Student > Master | 6 | 6% |
| Other | 18 | 18% |
| Unknown | 27 | 28% |
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| Medicine and Dentistry | 29 | 30% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 10 | 10% |
| Social Sciences | 7 | 7% |
| Psychology | 7 | 7% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 4 | 4% |
| Other | 9 | 9% |
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