Time intervals from first symptom recognition to pathological diagnosis among patients with oesophageal cancer in Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The aim of this study was to estimate the time intervals from first symptom recognition to pathological diagnosis among patients with oesophageal cancer in Ethiopia.

Methods

Design

A cross-sectional study design was employed.

Settings and participants

Patients with oesophageal cancer aged ≥18 years were included from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (n=338) from February 2019 to August 2020. The participants were selected consecutively from six health facilities that provided cancer care nearly for 90% of patients.

Main outcomes and measurements

The Aarhus statement criteria were applied to classify patient intervals (time from first symptom recognition to presentation) and diagnostic intervals (time from first presentation to diagnosis). Patient

SUBMITTER: Dessalegn B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9362794 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature