Kreftdiagnostikk i almenpraksis V. Pasienter med og uten kreft. Hvem søker lege for kreftens syv faresignaler?
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https://hdl.handle.net/10037/12545Dato
1984Type
Journal articleTidsskriftartikkel
Peer reviewed
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Holtedahl, Knut A.Sammendrag
Hos 66 % av kreftpasientene forekom «tidlige» faresignaler. Forekomsten hos kontrollpasientene var 37 %. Forskjellen er signifikant (P - 0,001).
Alle kontrollpasientene og 16 av kreftpasientene var med i en større pasientgruppe hvor almenpraktikere registrerte faresignalforekomst (1). Kreftpasientene var blitt meldt til Kreftregisteret i samme halvår som denne registreringen foregikk. Fire (25 %) av de 16 kreftpasientene og seks (9 %) av de 65 kontrollpasientene var i denne undersøkelsen, altså før noen kreftdiagnose var stilt, blitt registert med faresignal. Denne forskjellen er ikke statistisk signifikant (P - 0,086), men tallene er små.
65 cancer patients and 65 matched control patients were compared in respect of the occurrence of seven warning signals. Information was obtained through their records obtained from general practice and/or hospital. For cancer patients only symptoms occurring before diagnosis were recorded, and these symptoms were classified according to whether they had appeared “early” or “late” in the course of disease.
66% of cancer patients had “early” warning signals compared with 37% of control patients. The difference is statistically significant (P=0.001).
Of the 65 cancer patients 16 belonged to a group of 11 606 patients recorded by general practitioners with a frequency of 5.4% warning signals. The 65 control patients were randomly selected among these 11 606 patients (i.e. consultations). Of the 16 cancer patients, 4 (25%) had been recorded presenting a warning signal. Six (9%) of the control patients had had warning signals. This difference is not statistically significant (P=0.086), but numbers are small.