Table 1.
Background factors | In time | Referral delay | P value | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | ||
Age (year): | < 0.0008 | ||||
30–45 | 17 | 68 | 8 | 32 | |
45–60 | 19 | 30.6 | 43 | 69.4 | |
> 60 | 33 | 29.2 | 80 | 70.8 | |
Literacy: | < 0.01 | ||||
Illiterate | 25 | 25.5 | 73 | 74.5 | |
Under diploma | 29 | 39.1 | 45 | 60.9 | |
Above diploma | 15 | 53.5 | 13 | 46.5 | |
Income: | 0.067 | ||||
Low | 9 | 21 | 34 | 79 | |
Moderate | 41 | 36 | 73 | 64 | |
High | 19 | 44.2 | 24 | 55.8 | |
Sex: | |||||
Male | 54 | 39.1 | 84 | 60.9 | p=0.029 OR=2.014 CI (1.026–3.596) |
Female | 15 | 24.2 | 47 | 75.8 | p=0.878 OR=0.94 CI (0.48–1.17) |
Background disease: | |||||
Yes | 52 | 33.7 | 102 | 66.3 | |
No | 17 | 37 | 29 | 63 |