Table 2.

Estimated Lengths of Time Intervals

Time Interval	Patients per group n (%)
Symptom appraisal interval (Mdn = 8.0 weeks) (n = 112)
0 – 13 weeks	79 (70.5)
14 – 26 weeks	12 (10.7)
27 – 52 weeks	12 (10.7)
> 52 weeks	9 (8.0)
Help-seeking interval (Mdn = 1.0 weeks) (n = 111)a
0 – 13 weeks	102 (91.9)
14 – 26 weeks	7 (6.3)
27 – 52 weeks	1 (0.9)
> 52 weeks	1 (0.9)
Patient intervalb (Mdn = 10.0 weeks) (n = 111)
0 – 13 weeks	61 (55.0)
14 – 26 weeks	17 (15.3)
27 – 52 weeks	17 (15.3)
> 52 weeks	16 (14.4)
Diagnostic interval (Mdn = 2.0 weeks) (n = 111)c
0 – 13 weeks	105 (94.6)
14 – 26 weeks	4 (3.6)
27 – 52 weeks	2 (1.8)
> 52 weeks	0 (0.0)
Patient interval + diagnostic interval (Mdn = 13.5 weeks) (n = 110)
0 – 13 weeks	55 (50.0)
14 – 26 weeks	15 (13.6)
27 – 52 weeks	22 (20.0)
> 52 weeks	18 (16.4)

Note.

^aOne patient did not provide an estimate of the duration of the help-seeking interval.

^bPatient interval = symptom appraisal + help-seeking.

^cOne patient did not provide an estimate of the duration of the diagnostic time interval.