Feasibility and acceptability of a cancer symptom awareness intervention for adults living in socioeconomically deprived communities

Table 3 Cancer symptom recognition at baseline and one month follow-up

^bCancer symptoms (answered: ‘yes’)	Baseline descriptive statistic (n = 98)		One month descriptive statistic (n = 82^a)
^bCancer symptoms (answered: ‘yes’)	n	%	n	%
A cough that won’t go away	75	77	63	77
An unusual lump	93	95	73	89¹
A change in how your skin looks	89	91	72	88
A sore or ulcer in your mouth that will not heal	68	70	65	79
A change in your poo	77	79	67	82
Blood in your poo	92	94	76	93
Problems when peeing	49	50	55	66²
Unexplained bleeding (e.g. blood in urine, rectal bleeding, vaginal bleeding during/after sex or in between periods)	83	85	72	88
Difficulty swallowing	63	64	59	72
Losing weight without trying to	85	87	66	81
Feeling bloated on most days	36	37	43	52³
An unexplained change in your appetite	40	41	53	65⁴
Feel tired most of the time	57	58	53	65⁵
An unexplained pain that won’t go away	73	75	61	75⁶

^aNs vary due to missing data for individual items in the cancer symptom recognition measure. Items where data were missing have been indicated (^1,3,6 missing data for 2 participants, ^2,4,5 missing data for 1 participant). One participant answered < 75% of the measure and was excluded from the analysis
^bWording of the symptoms reflect those used in the intervention

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