Table 4.

Diagnosis and referral delay times and causes in the studied cohort.

		Unilateral		Bilateral		Total
		Number	%	Number	%	Number	%
Diagnosis delay
≤2 weeks		8	33	11	48	19	42
>2 weeks		16	67	12	52	28	62
Referral delay
≤2 weeks		11	46	9	39	20	44
>2 weeks		13	54	14	61	27	60
Total delay
≤2 months		8	33	13	57	21	47
>2 months		16	67	10	43	26	58
Total delay >2 months and advanced disease
Number		16	100	10	100	26	100
p-value		0.006*		0.007*		0.00002*
Causes of delayed diagnosis
Misdiagnosis		4	25	3	25	7	25
Parental misjudgment		3	19	3	25	6	21
Social factors		3	19	2	17	5	18
Economic factors		3	19	3	25	6	21
Unknown		3	19	1	8	4	14
Total		16	100	12	100	28	100
Causes of delayed referral
Second opinion shopping		4	31	5	36	9	20
Misexplanation to parents		3	23	4	29	7	16
Paternal misjudgment		2	15	1	7	3	7
Social factors		1	8	1	7	2	4
Economic factors		3	23	2	14	5	11
Unknown		0	0	1	7	1	2
Total		13	100	14	100	27	60

^*Statistically significant.