Dependent variables: Anticipated patient intervals | ||||
How long would it take you to go to the doctor from the first time you noticed a persistent cough? | How long would it take you to go to the doctor from the first time you noticed rectal bleeding? | |||
Response categories: | N (%) | Classification | N (%) | Classification |
I would go as soon as I noticed | 2669 (12.8) | Short pt. interval | 12,617 (60.6) | Short pt. interval |
Up to 1 week | 3750 (18.0) | Short pt. interval | 5017 (24.1) | Short pt. interval |
Over 1 up to 2 weeks | 4029 (19.4) | Short pt. interval | 1323 (6.4) | Long pt. interval |
Over 2 up to 3 weeks | 3001 (14.4) | Short pt. interval | 518 (2.5) | Long pt. interval |
Over 3 up to 4 weeks | 2557 (12.3) | Short pt. interval | 357 (1.7) | Long pt. interval |
More than a month | 3267 (15.7) | Long pt. interval | 488 (2.3) | Long pt. interval |
I would not contact a/my doctor | 844 (4.1) | Long pt. interval | 171 (0.8) | Long pt. interval |
I would go to another HCP | 320 (1.5) | Missing | 141 (0.7) | Missing |
Don’t know | 355 (1.7) | Missing | 164 (0.8) | Missing |
Don’t want to answer | 22 (0.1) | Missing | 18 (0.1) | Missing |
Independent variables: Recognition of symptoms as cancer symptoms | ||||
Do you think persistent cough or hoarseness could be a warning sign for cancer? | Do you think unexplained bleeding could be a warning sign for cancer? | |||
Response categories: | N (%) | Classification | N (%) | Classification |
Yes | 15,155 (72.8) | Recognition | 18,187 (87.4) | Recognition |
No | 4951 (23.8) | Non-recognition | 2018 (9.7) | Non-recognition |
Don’t know | 693 (3.3) | Missing | 598 (2.9) | Missing |
Don’t want to answer | 15 (7.2) | Missing | 11 (0.0) | Missing |
Independent variable/moderator: Negative cancer beliefs (NCBs) | ||||
Answers classified as NCBs are highlighted in bold. | ||||
The answers “don’t know” and “don’t want to answer” were classified as missing. | ||||
Strongly disagree or tend to disagree | Strongly agree or tend to agree | Don’t know or refused | ||
N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | ||
People with cancer can expect to continue with normal activities | 1936 (9.3) | 18,187 (87.4) | 691 (3.3) | |
Cancer can often be cured | 1853 (8.9) | 18,502 (88.9) | 459 (2.2) | |
Going to the doctor as quickly as possible after noticing a symptom of cancer could increase the chances of surviving | 394 (1.9) | 20,310 (97.6) | 110 (0.5) | |
Cancer treatment is worse than the cancer itself | 7196 (34.6) | 11,082 (53.2) | 2536 (12.2) | |
I would not want to know if I have cancer | 18,004 (86.5) | 2337 (11.2) | 473 (2.3) | |
A diagnosis of cancer is a death sentence | 14,995 (72.0) | 5110 (24.6) | 709 (3.4) |