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Table 4 Patient’s delay (first visit to GP) based on educational level – all patients

From: Low socioeconomic position is a risk factor for delay to treatment and mortality of testicular cancer patients in Hungary, a prospective study

Patient delay

(time)

Primary school or below

(N = 23)

Vocational school

(N = 75)

High school

(N = 100)

University/ college

(N = 103)

≤1 week

7 (30.4%)

19 (25.3%)

38 (38.0%)

46 (44.6%)

1 week–1 month

6 (26.1%)

25 (33.3%)

33 (33.0%)

38 (36.9%)

1–6 months

3 (13.1%)

14 (18.6%)

19 (19.0%)

11 (10.7%)

6–12 months

1 (4.3%)

2 (2.6%)

4 (4.0%)

3 (2.9%)

> 12 months

6 (26.1%)

14 (18.6%)

6 (6.0%)

5 (4.9%)

N.D.

 

1 (1.3%)

  
  1. Spearman rank correlation: −0.2, p = 0.0005