英国居民癌症可能症状模式及相关就医行为——USEFUL研究

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• 源站标题：Patterns of symptoms possibly indicative of cancer and associated help-seeking behaviour in a large sample of United Kingdom residents—The USEFUL study
• DOI：10.1371/journal.pone.0228033
• 发布日期：2020-01-24
• 文件数：3 个
• 文件总体积：51.09 KB
• 源站页面：https://plos.figshare.com/articles/dataset/Patterns_of_symptoms_possibly_indicative_of_cancer_and_associated_help-seeking_behaviour_in_a_large_sample_of_United_Kingdom_residents_The_USEFUL_study/11712606

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数据说明

Background
Cancer awareness campaigns aim to increase awareness of the potential seriousness of signs and symptoms of cancer, and encourage their timely presentation to healthcare services. Enhanced understanding of the prevalence of symptoms possibly indicative of cancer in different population subgroups, and associated general practitioner (GP) help-seeking behaviour, will help to target cancer awareness campaigns more effectively.
Aim
To determine: i) the prevalence of 21 symptoms possibly indicative of breast, colorectal, lung or upper gastrointestinal cancer in the United Kingdom (UK), including six ‘red flag’ symptoms; ii) whether the prevalence varies among population subgroups; iii) the proportion of symptoms self-reported as presented to GPs; iv) whether GP help-seeking behaviour varies within population subgroups.
Methods
Self-completed questionnaire about experience of, and response to, 25 symptoms (including 21 possibly indicative of the four cancers of interest) in the previous month and year; sent to 50,000 adults aged 50 years or more and registered with 21 general practices in Staffordshire, England or across Scotland.
Results
Completed questionnaires were received from 16,778 respondents (corrected response rate 34.2%). Almost half (45.8%) of respondents had experienced at least one symptom possibly indicative of cancer in the last month, and 58.5% in the last year. The prevalence of individual symptoms varied widely (e.g. in the last year between near zero% (vomiting up blood) and 15.0% (tired all the time). Red flag symptoms were uncommon. Female gender, inability to work because of illness, smoking, a history of a specified medical diagnosis, low social support and lower household income were consistently associated with experiencing at least one symptom possibly indicative of cancer in both the last month and year. The proportion of people who had contacted their GP about a symptom experienced in the last month varied between 8.1% (persistent cough) and 39.9% (unexplained weight loss); in the last year between 32.8% (hoarseness) and 85.4% (lump in breast). Nearly half of respondents experiencing at least one red flag symptom in the last year

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学术使用请引用 DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0228033（source: https://plos.figshare.com/articles/dataset/Patterns_of_symptoms_possibly_indicative_of_cancer_and_associated_help-seeking_behaviour_in_a_large_sample_of_United_Kingdom_residents_The_USEFUL_study/11712606）。