From: Factors influencing diagnosis delay of advanced breast cancer in Moroccan women
Diagnosis delay | Bivariated analysis | Multivariated analysis | |||||||
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≤6 months (n = 39) | >6 months (n = 98) | OR | 95 % CI | P value | OR | 95 % CI | P value | ||
Social demographic characteristics of the patients | |||||||||
Age at presentation (years) | Mean (±SD) | 47.7 ± 10.39 | 48.53 ± 10.47 | 1.00 | 0.972–1.04 | 0.699 | |||
Area of residence | Rural | 2 (5.1) | 46 (46.9) | 16.36 | 3.74–71.69 | <0.001 | 9.73 | 1.17–80.93 | 0.035 |
Urban | 37 (94.9) | 52 (53.1) | 1(Ref) | ||||||
Marital status | Single | 9 (23.1) | 17 (17.3) | 1(Ref) | |||||
Married | 17 (43.6) | 60 (61.2) | 1.87 | 0.71–4.93 | 0.207 | ||||
Widowed/Divorced | 13 (33.3) | 21 (21.4) | 0.85 | 0.29–2.48 | 0.773 | ||||
Occupation | No occupation | 8 (20.5) | 15 (15.3) | 1(Ref) | |||||
House wife | 26 (66.7) | 76 (77.6) | 1.56 | 0.59–4.10 | 0.368 | ||||
Employed | 5 (12.8) | 7 (7.1) | 0.75 | 0.18–3.13 | 0.689 | ||||
Patient educational level | Illiterate | 17 (43.6) | 98 (100) | 9 109 | 0–< 0.001 | 0.999 | |||
Primary | 14 (35.9) | 0 (0.0) | 1 | 0–< 0.001 | 1.000 | ||||
Secondary/Higher | 8 (20.5) | 0 (0.0) | 1(Ref) | ||||||
Spouse educational level (n = 77) | Illiterate | 5 (29.4) | 44 (73.3) | 5.28 | 0.96–29.02 | 0.056 | |||
Primary | 9 (52.9) | 11 (18.3) | 0.73 | 0.14–3.94 | 0.718 | ||||
Secondary/Higher | 3 (17.6) | 5 (8.3) | 1(Ref) | ||||||
Number of dependent children | None | 17 (43.6) | 35 (35.7) | 1(Ref) | |||||
1–3 | 13 (33.3) | 38 (38.8) | 1.42 | 0.60–3.34 | 0.422 | ||||
≥4 | 9 (23.1) | 25 (25.5) | 1.35 | 0.52–3.51 | 0.540 | ||||
Number of dependents | None | 11 (28.2) | 24 (24.5) | 1(Ref) | |||||
1–2 | 22 (56.4) | 64 (65.3) | 1.33 | 0.56–3.16 | 0.513 | ||||
≥3 | 6 (15.4) | 10 (10.2) | 0.76 | 0.22–2,64 | 0.670 | ||||
Distance from basic health center (km) | <5 | 34 (87.2) | 67 (68.4) | 1(Ref) | |||||
≥5 | 5 (12.8) | 31 (31.6) | 3.15 | 1.12–8.82 | 0.029 | 0.09 | 0.01–0.90 | 0.040 | |
Distance from specialized care (km) | <100 | 37 (94.9) | 39 (39.8) | 1(Ref) | |||||
≥100 | 2 (5.1) | 59 (60.2) | 27.99 | 6.38–122.85 | <0.001 | 32.77 | 4.42–242.92 | 0.001 | |
Medical history of the patients | |||||||||
First clinical presentations | Lump | 27 (69.2) | 63 (64.3) | 1(Ref) | |||||
Other | 12 (30.8) | 35 (35.7) | 1.25 | 0.56–2.77 | 0.583 | ||||
Breast self-examination | No | 27 (69.2) | 88 (89.8) | 3.91 | 1.52–10.05 | 0.005 | 1.20 | 0.37–3.89 | 0.765 |
Yes | 12 (30.8) | 10 (10.2) | 1(Ref) | ||||||
Family history of breast cancer | No | 23 (59) | 86 (87.8) | 4.99 | 2.07–12.00 | <0.001 | 4.46 | 1.39–14.32 | 0.012 |
Yes | 16 (41) | 12 (12.2) | 1(Ref) |