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ArticleEcancermedicalscience2024

Health-seeking behaviour of breast cancer patients receiving care at a tertiary institution in Ghana.

Florence Dedey, Josephine Nsaful, Kirstyn E Brownson, Ruth Y Laryea, Nathaniel Coleman, John Tetteh, Joe-Nat Clegg-Lamptey, Benedict N L Calys-Tagoe

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Article in Ecancermedicalscience, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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8 authors.

Florence DedeyDepartment of Surgery, University of Ghana Medical School, Korle Bu, PO Box GP 4236, Accra, Ghana.
Josephine NsafulDepartment of Surgery, University of Ghana Medical School, Korle Bu, PO Box GP 4236, Accra, Ghana.
Kirstyn E BrownsonDepartment of Surgery, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT 84132, USA.
Ruth Y LaryeaDepartment of Medicine and Therapeutics, University of Ghana Medical School, Korle Bu, PO Box GP 4236, Accra, Ghana.
Nathaniel ColemanDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Ghana Medical School, Korle Bu, PO Box GP 4236, Accra, Ghana.
John TettehDepartment of Community Health, University of Ghana Medical School, Korle Bu, PO Box GP 4236, Accra, Ghana.
Joe-Nat Clegg-LampteyDepartment of Surgery, University of Ghana Medical School, Korle Bu, PO Box GP 4236, Accra, Ghana.
Benedict N L Calys-TagoeDepartment of Community Health, University of Ghana Medical School, Korle Bu, PO Box GP 4236, Accra, Ghana.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Breast cancer incidence rates are rising in Africa and mortality is highest in West Africa. Reasons for poor survival are multifactorial but delays in seeking appropriate health care result in late presentation which contributes significantly to poor outcomes. Total delays of more than 3 months have been associated with advanced stage at presentation and poorer survival. Method: A cross-sectional design was used to assess delays in health-seeking behaviour in consecutive breast cancer patients receiving treatment at Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH) from January to December 2022 using a structured, interviewer-administered questionnaire. Data were gathered to assess health-seeking behaviour in relation to delays in a presentation to a health care facility, and factors that may have influenced the delays. Statistical analysis was done using descriptive and inferential analyses. Results: The study involved 636 participants with a mean age and SD of 52.6 ± 12 years. Most participants were diagnosed with Stage 3 or 4 breast cancer (56.5%). Ninety percent of participants had visited at least one health facility prior to seeking care at KBTH. Forty-two percent of the participants sought care at a health facility less than a month after noticing symptoms of breast cancer while 34.4% did so greater than 3 months after noticing symptoms. Delays showed a significant association with age, marital status, educational level, average monthly income and cancer stage ( Conclusion: Lack of knowledge about breast cancer was a major cause of delay in seeking health care in this study. Education should specifically target knowledge about breast cancer and the need for appropriate and timely health seeking.

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breast cancercancer carehealthcare delayhealth seeking behaviourknowledge

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PMCPMC11489104

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