Table 4.
Interruptions to Treatment, Barriers and Alternative Therapies Sought, Crude and Stage-Stratified
| Crude (SD or column %) | Stage (row %)
|
p-value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Early Stage (0, I, II) | Late Stage (III, IV) | ||||
| Patients Finishing Chemotherapy with Interruption (n=597) | No Chemotherapy Administered
|
287 (48.1) | 100 (34.8) | 44 (15.3) | 143 (49.8) | <.0001a |
| Unknown
|
23 (3.9) | 5 (21.7) | 4 (17.4) | 14 (60.9) | ||
| Yes
|
209 (35.0) | 16 (7.7) | 21 (10.1) | 172 (82.3) | ||
| No | 78 (13.1) | 10 (12.8) | 14 (18.0) | 54 (69.2) | ||
|
| ||||||
| Sufficient Therapy Administered (n= 597) | No Oncotherapy Administered
|
178 (29.8) | 88 (19.4) | 17 (9.6) | 73 (41.0) | <.0001a |
| Unknown
|
36 (6.0) | 7 (19.4) | 7 (19.4) | 22 (61.1) | ||
| No
|
114 (19.1) | 11 (9.7) | 11 (9.7) | 92 (80.7) | ||
| Yes | 269 (45.1) | 25 (9.3) | 48 (17.8) | 196 (72.9) | ||
|
| ||||||
| Barriers (n=597) | Unknownb
|
314 (52.6) | 99 (31.5) | 38 (12.1) | 177 (56.4) | <.0001a |
| None
|
81 (13.6) | 18 (22.2) | 26 (32.1) | 37 (45.7) | ||
| Financial as a Component or by Itself
|
34 (5.7) | 4 (11.8) | 3 (8.8) | 27 (79.4) | ||
| All Physical Conditions without a Financial Component | 168 (28.3) | 10 (6.0) | 16 (9.5) | 142 (84.5) | ||
|
| ||||||
| Alternative Therapies Sought (n=574) | None
|
504 (87.8) | 113 (22.4) | 73 (14.5) | 318 (63.1) | .2390c |
| Herbal Medicine
|
65 (11.3) | 9 (13.9) | 7 (10.8) | 49 (754) | ||
| Otherd | 5 (0.9) | 3 (60.0) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (40.0) | ||
|
| ||||||
| Currently Attending KATH (n=595)e
|
Unknownf | 17 (2.9) | 8 (47.1) | 2 (11.8) | 7 (41.2) | <.0001a |
| No
|
418 (70.3) | 101 (24.2) | 43 (10.3) | 274 (65.6) | ||
| Yes
|
95 (16.0) | 9 (9.5) | 31 (32.6) | 55 (57.9) | ||
| Referredg
|
40 (6.7) | 8 (20.0) | 7 (17.5) | 25 (62.5) | ||
| Confirmed Dead
|
25 (4.2) | 4 (16.0) | 0 (0.0) | 21 (84.00) | ||
a
Chi-square comparing unknown, early (0,I,II) and late (III, IV) stage disease
b
Interruptions and/or defaults in treatment occurred, but no explanation was ever recorded
c
Fisher’s test comparing unknown, early (0,I,II) and late (III, IV) stage disease
d
Includes Olive Oil, Urine Therapy, Prayer Camps, and Unspecified Drugs or Topical Agents
e
As evidenced by having attended an appointment at KATH within the past 6 months
f
Medical Records was blank, or no appointments had been explicitly made
g
Patient was referred to an external hospital or a department in KATH that was not included in the study