Table 2.
Patient factors affecting treatment completion
| Variable (N1,N2) | Completed Treatment N (%1) |
Did Not Complete Treatment N (%1) |
p-value2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Questionnaire Respondents (86, 31) | <0.0001 | ||
| Patients | 53 (61.63%) | 5 (16.13%) | |
| Next of Kin | 33 (38.37%) | 26 (83.87%) | |
| Patient Factors | |||
| Traditional Healer Sought for Breast Care (86, 31) | <0.0001 | ||
| Yes | 12 (13.95%) | 14 (45.16%) | |
| No | 74 (86.05%) | 14 (45.16%) | |
| I Don’t Know | 0 (0.00%) | 3 (9.68%) | |
| Knowledge of Insurance coverage (85, 31) | 0.0124 | ||
| Yes | 76 (89.41%) | 21 (67.74%) | |
| No | 8 (9.41%) | 7 (22.58%) | |
| I Don’t Know | 1 (3.45%) | 3 (9.68%) | |
| Fearful of Community Reaction (84, 31) | <0.0001 | ||
| Yes | 60 (71.43%) | 16 (51.61%) | |
| No | 23 (27.38%) | 8 (25.81%) | |
| I Don’t Know | 1 (1.19%) | 7 (22.58%) | |
| Knowledge of a Person Surviving Cancer (84, 30) | 0.0098 | ||
| Yes | 51 (60.71%) | 10 (33.33%) | |
| No | 33 (39.29%) | 20 (66.67%) | |
| Delayed Treatment after Self-Detected Symptom (81, 26) | 0.3455 | ||
| Less than 1 Month | 30 (37.04%) | 7 (26.92%) | |
| Greater than 1 Month | 51 (62.96%) | 19 (73.08%) | |
| Source of Knowledge About Traditional Healer (85, 31) | |||
| Internet | N/A | ||
| No | 85 (73.28%) | 31 (26.72%) | |
| Family, Friend, Coworker | 0.5630 | ||
| Yes | 28 (32.94%) | 12 (38.71%) | |
| No | 57 (67.06%) | 19 (61.29%) | |
| Street Advertising | 1.0000 | ||
| Yes | 1 (1.18%) | 0 (0.00%) | |
| No | 84 (98.82%) | 31 (100.00%) | |
| Radio | 0.3777 | ||
| Yes | 62 (72.94%) | 20 (64.52%) | |
| No | 23 (27.06%) | 11 (35.48%) | |
| Community Traditional Healer | 0.3890 | ||
| Yes | 2 (2.35%) | 0 (0.00%) | |
| No | 83 (97.65%) | 31 (100.00%) | |
| Patient was scared of treatment (85, 31) | 0.5122 | ||
| Yes | 30 (35.29%) | 13 (41.94%) | |
| No | 55 (64.71%) | 18 (58.06%) | |
| Patient believed cancer is incurable (85, 31) | 0.7072 | ||
| Yes | 4 (4.71%) | 2 (6.45%) | |
| No | 81 (95.29%) | 29 (93.55%) | |
| Patient believed traditional healer is better At managing cancer than the physician (82, 27) | 0.0859 | ||
| Yes | 4 (4.88%) | 4 (14.81%) | |
| No | 78 (95.12%) | 23 (85.19%) | |
1
Percents reflect that of each column
2
P-values were calculated using the Chi-squared test or the Fisher’s Exact test. The Fisher’s Exact test was employed if any variable had a cell count of less than 5
N1 The total number of respondents for a given variable within the ‘Completed Treatment’ group
N2 The total number of respondents for a given variable within the ‘Did Not Complete’ group