The first symptoms of cancer and patienst behaviours. How long the patients delay the visits to the doctor and where they look for a medical information

Anna Kieszkowska-Grudny; Katarzyna Zając; Agata Winiarska; Daria Welsyng; Wojciech Strzelczyk; Filip Sokołowski; Marta Ponieważ; Dawid Plutowski; Katarzyna Bielesz; Monika Rucińska

doi:10.5114/pson.2016.64964

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Psychoonkologia

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The first symptoms of cancer and patienst behaviours. How long the patients delay the visits to the doctor and where they look for a medical information

Anna Kieszkowska-Grudny

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,

Katarzyna Zając

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Agata Winiarska

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Daria Welsyng

²

,

Wojciech Strzelczyk

²

,

Filip Sokołowski

²

,

Marta Ponieważ

²

,

Dawid Plutowski

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Katarzyna Bielesz

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,

Monika Rucińska

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Minds of Hope w Warszawie
Studenckie Koło Naukowe przy Katedrze Onkologii, Uniwersytet Warmińsko-Mazurski w Olsztynie
Katedra Onkologii, Uniwersytet Warmińsko-Mazurski w Olsztynie

Psychoonkologia 2016; 20 (3): 123-132

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/pson.2016.64964

Online publish date: 2017/01/06

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Kieszkowska-Grudny A, Zając K, Winiarska A, et al. The first symptoms of cancer and patienst behaviours. How long the patients delay the visits to the doctor and where they look for a medical information. Psychoonkologia. 2016:123-132. doi:10.5114/pson.2016.64964.

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Kieszkowska-Grudny, A., Zając, K., Winiarska, A., Welsyng, D., Strzelczyk, W.,  & Sokołowski, F. et al. (2016). The first symptoms of cancer and patienst behaviours. How long the patients delay the visits to the doctor and where they look for a medical information. Psychoonkologia, 123-132. https://doi.org/10.5114/pson.2016.64964

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Kieszkowska-Grudny, Anna, Katarzyna Zając, Agata Winiarska, Daria Welsyng, Wojciech Strzelczyk, Filip Sokołowski,  and Marta Ponieważ et al. 2016. "The first symptoms of cancer and patienst behaviours. How long the patients delay the visits to the doctor and where they look for a medical information". Psychoonkologia: 123-132. doi:10.5114/pson.2016.64964.

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Kieszkowska-Grudny, A., Zając, K., Winiarska, A., Welsyng, D., Strzelczyk, W., Sokołowski, F., Ponieważ, M., Plutowski, D., Bielesz, K.,  and Rucińska, M. (2016). The first symptoms of cancer and patienst behaviours. How long the patients delay the visits to the doctor and where they look for a medical information. Psychoonkologia, pp.123-132. https://doi.org/10.5114/pson.2016.64964

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Kieszkowska-Grudny, Anna et al. "The first symptoms of cancer and patienst behaviours. How long the patients delay the visits to the doctor and where they look for a medical information." Psychoonkologia, 2016, pp. 123-132. doi:10.5114/pson.2016.64964.

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Kieszkowska-Grudny A, Zając K, Winiarska A, Welsyng D, Strzelczyk W, Sokołowski F et al. The first symptoms of cancer and patienst behaviours. How long the patients delay the visits to the doctor and where they look for a medical information. Psychoonkologia. 2016:123-132. doi:10.5114/pson.2016.64964.

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Introduction: The number of cancer cases is increasing every year. A medical technology, which helps in the early detection of cancer, changes dynamically, and more and more effective therapies are introduced. Nevertheless, a mortality from cancer is not decreasing, which may suggest an another reason of such a situation, including nonmedical factors.

The aim of the study: To examine the period of time from first symptoms to appointment to a doctor and to explore relationships with demographic and psychosocial factors with such behaviors.

Material and method: 101 cancer pts were participated in the study, including 60 women (median 57 years, average 58 years, SD = 10.46 years) and 41 men (median 60 years, average 60.54 years, SD = 10.10 years), who filled out the survey questionnaire.

Results: The results show that 60% of people visited a doctor within 1 month, but in the remaining group even every fifth patient decided to go to a doctor only after 6 months. A dependence was observed in the period of time to first visit, when a usage of the Internet, alternative therapies, as well as a gender and a place of residence were analyzed. The most common source of information about alarming symptoms were newspapers and magazines.

Conclusions: The results show many areas where through educational and motivational activities, we can still shorten the time from the first symptoms to diagnosis and improve treatment outcomes of cancer.

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The first symptoms of cancer and patienst behaviours. How long the patients delay the visits to the doctor and where they look for a medical information

Anna Kieszkowska-Grudny 1 , Katarzyna Zając 2 , Agata Winiarska 2 , Daria Welsyng 2 , Wojciech Strzelczyk 2 , Filip Sokołowski 2 , Marta Ponieważ 2 , Dawid Plutowski 2 , Katarzyna Bielesz 2 , Monika Rucińska 3

cancer, early detection of disease, delayed diagnosis, medical information

Anna Kieszkowska-Grudny

¹

,

Katarzyna Zając

²

,

Agata Winiarska

²

,

Daria Welsyng

²

,

Wojciech Strzelczyk

²

,

Filip Sokołowski

²

,

Marta Ponieważ

²

,

Dawid Plutowski

²

,

Katarzyna Bielesz

²

,

Monika Rucińska

³