Table 4.
Patient’s delay (first visit to GP) based on educational level – all patients
| Patient delay (time) |
Primary school or below (N = 23) |
Vocational school (N = 75) |
High school (N = 100) |
University/ college (N = 103) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ≤1 week | 7 (30.4%) | 19 (25.3%) | 38 (38.0%) | 46 (44.6%) |
| 1 week–1 month | 6 (26.1%) | 25 (33.3%) | 33 (33.0%) | 38 (36.9%) |
| 1–6 months | 3 (13.1%) | 14 (18.6%) | 19 (19.0%) | 11 (10.7%) |
| 6–12 months | 1 (4.3%) | 2 (2.6%) | 4 (4.0%) | 3 (2.9%) |
| > 12 months | 6 (26.1%) | 14 (18.6%) | 6 (6.0%) | 5 (4.9%) |
| N.D. | 1 (1.3%) |
Spearman rank correlation: −0.2, p = 0.0005