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Inventi Impact: Obstetrics and Gynaecology

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  • Inventi:hog/21607/17
    Determinants of Patient Delay in Seeking Diagnosis and Treatment among Moroccan Women with\nCervical Cancer
    01-Jan-1970 Research 2017 : January - March
    Fatima Ouasmani, Zaki Hanchi, Bouchra Haddou Rahou, Rachid Bekkali, Samir Ahid, Abdelhalem Mesfioui

    Introduction. This study sought to investigate potential determinants of patient delay amongMoroccan women with cervical cancer.\nMethods. A cross-sectional study was conducted from June 2014 to June 2015 at the National Institute of Oncology in Rabat. Data\nwere collected using questionnaire among patients with cervical cancer locally advanced or metastatic (stages IIAââ?¬â??IVB). Medical\nrecords were abstracted to complete clinical information. An interval longer than 90 days between discovery of initial symptoms\nand presentation to a provider was defined as a patient delay. Results. Four hundred and one patients with cervical cancer enrolled\nin this study. The mean age was 52.4 years (SD = 11.5). 53.6% were illiterate. Abnormal vaginal bleeding was identified for 65.8%\nof patients. 60.1% were diagnosed at stages IIA-IIB. 55.4% were found having patient delay. The regression analyses showed the\nassociation between literacy (

    How to Cite this Article
    CC Compliant Citation: Fatima Ouasmani, Zaki Hanchi, Bouchra\nHaddou Rahou, Rachid Bekkali, Samir Ahid, and Abdelhalem\nMesfioui, â??Determinants of Patient Delay in Seeking Diagnosis and\nTreatment among Moroccan Women with Cervical Cancer,â?\nObstetrics and Gynecology International, vol. 2016, Article ID\n4840762, 9 pages, 2016. doi:10.1155/2016/4840762, https://\ncreativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
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