Determinants of Patient Delay in Seeking Diagnosis and Treatment among Moroccan Women with Cervical Cancer

Table 1

Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of the study population ().

Characteristics	n	%
Age (year)
≤50	187	46.6
>50	214	53.4
Marital status
Married	254	63.3
Single	9	2.3
Divorced	56	14
Widow	82	20.4
Education status
Illiterate	215	53.6
Primary level	93	23.2
Secondary and higher level	93	23.2
Education status of husband ()
Illiterate	54	13.5
Primary level	85	21.2
Secondary and higher level	115	28.7
Residence
Urban	275	68.6
Rural	126	31.4
Occupation
Employment	77	19.2
Unemployment	324	80.8
Socioeconomic status
Low	325	81
Moderate	69	17.3
High	7	1.7
Social security
Yes	391	97.5
No	10	2.5
Distance to the first consultation (Km)
≤3 km	315	78.6
	17	4.2
	36	9.0
≥10	33	8.2
Medical history
Yes	105	25
Type of earlier symptoms
Abnormal vaginal bleeding (between periods, after sex, postmenopausal)
Yes	264	65,8
Vaginal discharge
Yes	69	17,2
Pain (painful sex, pelvic pain, dysuria)
Yes	139	34,6
Personal history of cancer
Yes	3	0.7
Family history of cancer
Yes	41	10.2
Histopathology
Squamous cell	349	87
Adenocarcinoma	52	13
Stage at diagnosis
IIA-IIB	241	60.1
IIIA-IIIB	145	36.2
IVA-IVB	15	3.7
Patient delay (days)
≤90	179	44.6
>90	222	55.4