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Table 1 Patient socio-demographic, healthcare seeking and pathologic characteristics

From: Health system organisation and patient pathways: breast care patients’ trajectories and medical doctors’ practice in Mali

 

Total N (%)

HSI

91 median (days)

DI

21 median (days)

CHC (N = 21)

total (%)

RH (N = 26)

total (%)

TH (N = 56)

total (%)

PC (N = 21)

total (%)

Age groups

 16–34

42 (33.9)

73

40

6 (28.6)

9 (34.6)

20 (35.7)

7 (33.3)

 35–49

47 (37.9)

107

39

8 (38.1)

7 (26.9)

23 (41.1)

9 (42.9)

 50–80

35 (28.2)

121

7

7 (33.3)

10 (38.5)

13 (23.2)

5 (23.8)

Occupation

 Housewife

55 (44.4)

156

11

15 (71.4)

14 (53.8)

21 (37.5)

5 (23.8)

 Public Service

19 (15.3)

29

7

1 (4.8)

3 (11.5)

10 (17.9)

5 (23.8)

 Business

9 (7.3)

107

8

0 (0)

2 (7.7)

5 (8.9)

2 (9.5)

 Student

9 (7.3)

15

170

1 (4.8)

1 (3.8)

5 (8.9)

2 (9.5)

 Other

32 (25.8)

67

138

4 (19.0)

6 (23.1)

15 (26.8)

7 (33.3)

Civil status

 Married

83 (66.9)

90

21

19 (90.5)

18 (69.2)

32 (57.1)

14 (66.7)

 Single

14 (11.3)

70

49

0 (0)

1 (3.8)

10 (17.9)

3 (14.3)

 Divorced

7 (5.6)

28

140

0 (0)

3 (11.5)

4 (7.1)

0 (0)

 Widowed

20 (16.1)

245

7

2 (9.5)

4 (15.4)

10 (17.9)

4 (19.0)

Residence

 Bamako

49 (39.5)

107

32

8 (38.1)

11 (42.3)

16 (28.6)

14 (66.7)

 Other

75 (60.5)

73

19

13 (61.9)

15 (57.7)

40 (71.4)

7 (33.3)

Health Insurance

 Yes

38 (30.6)

31

18

3 (14.3)

10 (38.5)

18 (32.1)

7 (33.3)

 No

86 (69.4)

146

29

18 (85.7)

16 (61.5)

38 (67.9)

14 (66.7)

Knowledge about BSE

 Yes

37 (29.8)

19

24

5 (23.8)

7 (26.9)

22 (39.3)

3 (14.3)

 No

87 (70.2)

153

18

16 (76.2)

19 (73.1)

34 (60.7)

18 (85.7)

First Symptom Interpretation

 Cancer

30 (24.2)

23

25

3 (14.3)

7 (26.9)

12 (21.4)

8 (38.1)

 Infection

27 (21.8)

38

49

4 (19.0)

2 (7.7)

17 (30.4)

4 (19.0)

 Other

67 (54.0)

200

16

14 (66.7)

17 (65.4)

27 (48.2)

9 (42.9)

Visit Traditional healer before

 Yes

30 (24.2)

270

48

11 (52.4)

5 (19.2)

8 (14.3)

6 (28.6)

 No

94 (75.8)

63

18

10 (47.6)

21 (80.8)

48 (85.7)

15 (71.4)

Reason for healthcare visit

 Knowledge of BC symptoms

35 (28.2)

5

24

2 (9.5)

7 (26.9)

20 (35.7)

6 (28.6)

 Persistence. aggravation

76 (61.3)

186

16

18 (85.7)

14 (53.8)

31 (55.4)

13 (61.9)

 Recommendation

13 (10.5)

247

22

1 (4.8)

5 (19.2)

5 (8.9)

2 (9.5)

Pathological Diagnosis

 Cancer

64 (51.6)

146

28

13 (61.9)

17 (65.4)

21 (37.5)

13 (61.9)

 Cancer in situ

1 (0.8)

5

185

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

1 (4.8)

 Benign

37 (29.8)

89

19

6 (28.6)

7 (26.9)

21 (37.5)

3 (14.3)

 Inflammation

19 (15.3)

28

21

2 (9.5)

2 (7.7)

11 (19.6)

4 (19.0)

 Other

3 (2.4)

255

5

0 (0)

0 (0)

3 (5.4)

0 (0)

Tumor Size*

 T0

3 (2.4)

28

0

1 (4.8)

0 (0)

2 (3.7)

0 (0)

 T1

8 (6.5)

213

9

1 (4.8)

3 (11.5)

3 (5.6)

1 (5.0)

 T2

34 (27.4)

31

23

4 (19)

5 (19.2)

18 (33.3)

7 (35.0)

 T3

69 (55.6)

153

22

11 (52.4)

17 (65.4)

30 (55.6)

11 (55.0)

 T4

7 (5.6)

183

25

4 (19.0)

1 (3.8)

1 (1.9)

1 (5.0)

Lymph node involvement**

 N0

62 (52.1)

107

19

5 (23.8)

18 (69.2)

28 (51.9)

12 (60.0)

 N1

54 (44.6)

87

28

15 (71.4)

7 (26.9)

25 (46.3)

7 (35.0)

 N2

4 (3.3)

193

21

1 (4.8)

1 (3.8)

1 (1.9)

1 (5.0)

  1. HSI = Health seeking interval; DI = Diagnostic interval; CHC = Community Healthcare Centre, RH = Referral Hospital; TH = Tertiary Hospital; PC = Private Clinic; BSE: Breast Self-Examination; *3 records missing, **4 records are missing