How do health literacy and chronic disease influence the diagnostic evaluation of patients with lung cancer symptoms?

ABSTRACT:

Background and purpose

Smoking status, health literacy challenges and chronic diseases may influence the diagnostic evaluation of patients presenting with lung cancer symptoms (LCSs) in general practice. This study aimed to (1) analyse associations between smoking status, health literacy, chronic disease and having completed diagnostic imaging amongst patients with LCSs in Danish general practice and (2) investigate how these factors interact in relation to the completion of diagnostic imaging, by examining effect modification and causal mediation. Patient/material and methods: In 2022, a random sample of 100,000 individuals aged ≥ 20 years from the Danish population was invited to participate in a survey about symptoms and healthcare seeking. This study included individuals aged ≥

SUBMITTER: Sætre LMS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12573666 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature