The Haiti Breast Cancer Initiative: Initial Findings and Analysis of Barriers-to-Care Delaying Patient Presentation

Table 2

Patient characteristics.

	Presentation not delayed; 𝑁 = 52 (58%)	Presentation delayed; 𝑁 = 38 (42%)	𝑃-value
Age (yrs) ^1	45 (39–53)	49 (43–62)	0.04
Symptom-presentation duration(wks) ^1	1 (1–4)	26 (17–77)	<0.01
Marital status
Single, divorced, widowed	18 (35%)	17 (45%)	0.48
Married	21 (40%)	15 (39%)
Not reported	13 (25%)	6 (16%)
Education status
None	5 (10%)	11 (29%)
Primary school	19 (37%)	13 (34%)	0.02
Secondary school	16 (31%)	6 (16%)
University	6 (12%)	0 (0%)
Not reported	6 (12%)	8 (21%)
Employment status
Unemployed	30 (58%)	28 (74%)	0.29
Employed	20 (38%)	9 (24%)
Not reported	2 (4%)	1 (3%)
Prior history of breast cancer
None	47 (90%)	36 (95%)	0.22
Yes	0	1 (3%)
Not reported	5 (10%)	1 (3%)
Time to reach clinic (hrs)^1	3 (3-4)	3 (3-4)	0.71
Method of reaching clinic
Walk	0 (0%)	1 (3%)
Car	3 (7%)	3 (8%)	0.53
Public transportation	40 (89%)	32 (86%)
Not reported	2 (4%)	1 (3%)

1Median (interquartile range).