Table 3. Univariate analysis of the factors associated with waiting time from first medical consultation within the centre to the time of surgery.
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>42 days,
n=55 |
<42 days,
n=549 |
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| n or median | % or range | n or median | % or range | P-value | |
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Patient and cancer characteristics | |||||
| Age (years) | 62 | 36–94 | 58 | 27–93 | 0.075 |
| Working patient | 24 | 43.6% | 290 | 52.8% | 0.205 |
| Distance to care centre | 9 | 0–51 | 12 | 0–63 | 0.951 |
| Cancer diagnosis | 0.697 | ||||
| Screening | 22 | 40.0% | 188 | 34.2% | |
| Imaging | 15 | 27.3% | 166 | 30.2% | |
| Clinical | 18 | 32.7% | 195 | 35.5% | |
| Centre type | 0.437 | ||||
| General hospital | 6 | 10.9% | 77 | 14.0% | |
| Teaching hospital | 4 | 7.3% | 70 | 12.8% | |
| Cancer centre | 45 | 81.8% | 402 | 73.2% | |
| Histological type | 1 | ||||
| In situ | 5 | 9.1% | 50 | 9.1% | |
| Invasive | 50 | 90.9% | 494 | 90.0% | |
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Preoperative care | |||||
| >1 medical consultations within the centre | 48 | 87.3% | 209 | 38.1% | <0.005 |
| First medical consultations within the centre | <0.005 | ||||
| Surgery | 19 | 34.5% | 415 | 75.6% | |
| Others | 36 | 65.5% | 134 | 24.4% | |
| >2 Imaging examinationsa | 41 | 74.5% | 399 | 72.7% | 0.874 |
| Place of first imaginga | 0.525 | ||||
| Outpatient care | 51 | 92.7% | 513 | 93.4% | |
| In-patient care | 4 | 7.3% | 28 | 5.1% | |
| Magnetic resonance imaging | 7 | 12.7% | 65 | 11.8% | 0.828 |
| >1 biopsy | 7 | 12.7% | 70 | 12.8% | 1 |
| Place of first biopsy | <0.005 | ||||
| Outpatient care | 19 | 34.5% | 325 | 59.2% | |
| In-patient care | 34 | 61.8% | 204 | 37.2% | |
| NA | 2 | 3.6% | 20 | 3.6% | |
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Planned surgery | |||||
| Breast surgery type | 0.639 | ||||
| Conservative | 43 | 78.2% | 451 | 82.1% | |
| Radical | 12 | 21.8% | 98 | 17.9% | |
| Axillary node surgery type | 0.167 | ||||
| Sentinel biopsy | 47 | 85.5% | 445 | 81.1% | |
| Lymph node dissection | 6 | 10.9% | 67 | 12.2% | |
| NA | 3 | 5.5% | 37 | 6.7% | |
| Hospitalisation type | 0.0% | 0.151 | |||
| Outpatient hospitalisation | 28 | 50.9% | 335 | 61.0% | |
| Conventional hospitalisation | 27 | 49.1% | 214 | 39.0% | |
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Other quality indicators | |||||
| Leaflets on surgery | 48 | 87.3% | 463 | 84.3% | 0.697 |
| Preoperative nurse consultation | 44 | 80.0% | 403 | 73.4% | 0.336 |
| Written individual health care plan | 46 | 83.6% | 441 | 80.3% | 0.720 |
| Preoperative multidisciplinary meeting | 52 | 94.5% | 474 | 86.3% | 0.093 |
Abbreviation: NA=not applicable.
a
Imaging examinations includes either a mammogram, a breast ultrasound or a breast magnetic resonance imaging.
Bold entries are statistically significant results.