Table 2 Relations involved by respondents experiencing lung cancer symptom, stratified by smoking status
Smoking status | Prolonged coughing (n = 3187) | Shortness of breath (n = 2882) | Prolonged hoarseness (n = 1316) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Never | Former | Current | Never | Former | Current | Never | Former | Current | |
Total; n(%) | 932(29.0) | 1000(31.1) | 1285(39.9) | 824(28.4) | 1232(42.5) | 843(29.1) | 439(33.2) | 572(43.2) | 312(23.6) |
Personal relations | |||||||||
Spouse | 616(66.1) | 612(61.2) | 639(49.7) | 552(67.0) | 832(67.5) | 431(51.1) | 256(58.3) | 314(54.9) | 108(34.6) |
Family relations | 262(28.1) | 259(25.9) | 233(18.1) | 294(35.7) | 443(36.0) | 247(29.3) | 114(26.0) | 152(26.6) | 54(17.3) |
Non-family relations | 220(23.6) | 227(22.7) | 261(20.3) | 239(29.0) | 420(34.1) | 270(32.0) | 92(21.0) | 134(23.4) | 72(23.1) |
None | 210(22.5) | 261(26.1) | 475(37.0) | 143(17.4) | 191(15.5) | 216(25.6) | 132(30.1) | 165(28.8) | 152(48.7) |
Professional relations | |||||||||
General practitioner | 387(41.5) | 449(44.9) | 366(28.5) | 431(52.3) | 749(60.8) | 401(47.6) | 146(33.3) | 190(33.2) | 78(25.0) |
Another doctor | 254(27.3) | 310(31.0) | 196(15.3) | 319(38.7) | 599(48.6) | 268(31.8) | 123(28.0) | 163(28.5) | 54(17.3) |
Other professional relations | 137(14.7) | 157(15.7) | 115(8.9) | 160(19.4) | 233(18.9) | 108(12.8) | 45(10.3) | 58(10.1) | 27(8.7) |
None | 419(45.0) | 415(41.5) | 810(63.0) | 264(32.0) | 302(24.5) | 335(39.7) | 234(53.3) | 301(52.6) | 207(66.3) |
No relations involved | |||||||||
None | 168(18.0) | 182(18.2) | 381(29.6) | 102(12.4) | 113(9.2) | 142(16.8) | 107(24.4) | 126(22.0) | 132(42.3) |