Medical and psychosocial predictors of delay in seeking medical consultation for breast symptoms in women in a public sector setting. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • We examined demographic, medical and psychosocial factors related to delay in seeking medical consultation for breast symptoms. In this cross-sectional survey, 124 women with breast symptoms attending an outpatient breast surgery clinic in a county general hospital completed questionnaires measuring demographic, medical and psychosocial variables. Our outcome variable was delay in seeking medical consultation. Younger age (p

publication date

  • June 29, 2006

Research

keywords

  • Breast Diseases
  • Breast Neoplasms
  • Motivation
  • Patient Acceptance of Health Care
  • Public Sector

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 33746504882

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1007/s10865-006-9059-2

PubMed ID

  • 16807798

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 29

issue

  • 4