Table 1.
Participant characteristics at time of interview
| Interviewees, n = 34 | Total | Lower GI symptoms | Respiratory symptoms |
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| Sex | |||
| Male | 18 | 10 | 8 |
| Female | 16 | 9 | 7 |
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| Age, years | |||
| <50 | 7 | 4 | 3 |
| 50–59 | 8 | 4 | 4 |
| 60–69 | 11 | 8 | 3 |
| ≥70 | 8 | 3 | 5 |
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| Referral type | |||
| 2-Week Wait (2WW) | 17 | 8 | 9 |
| Routine | 12 | 7 | 5 |
| Routine (urgent)a | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Tertiary b | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Missing data | 1 | 1 | 0 |
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| Education | |||
| Degree | 12 | 6 | 6 |
| A level/diploma/professional/vocational | 13 | 9 | 4 |
| GCSE/O level | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| None/unknown | 7 | 3 | 4 |
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| Ethnic group | |||
| White British | 31 | 18 | 13 |
| White other | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Pakistani | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Black African | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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| Diagnosis at interview | |||
| Cancer | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Not cancer | 15 | 9 | 6 |
| Diagnosis not known at interview | 16 | 9 | 7 |
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| Interview | |||
| Mean time, days, from referral to interview c | 64.2 | 73.1 | 52.8 |
a
GPs did not use a formal 2WW pathway but identified the referral as requiring urgent attention.
b
Patient admitted to secondary care after a chest X-ray and subsequently referred to tertiary respiratory clinic.
c
n = 32, two patients missing data.