Table 1.
Selected Socio-Demographic and Habit Related Factors Associated with the Patient interval in Oral Cancer Patients (n= 261)
| Variable | ≤ 90 days n (%) |
> 90 days n (%) |
Total n (%) |
Chi-square p value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | ||||
| Below 60 yrs | 63 (52.5) | 73 (51.8) | 136 (52.1) | 0.907 |
| Above 60 yrs | 57 (47.5) | 68 (48.2) | 125 (47.9) | |
| Sex | ||||
| Female | 39 (32.5) | 37 (26.2) | 76 (29.1) | 0.267 |
| Male | 81 (67.5) | 104 (73.8) | 185 (70.9) | |
| Caste | ||||
| General class | 25 (20.8) | 22 (15.6) | 47 (18.0) | |
| Other Backward class | 72 (60.0) | 95 (67.4) | 167 (64.0) | 0.435 |
| Scheduled Caste | 11 ( 9. 2) | 8 ( 5. 7) | 19 ( 7. 3) | |
| Scheduled Tribe | 12 (10.0) | 16 (11.3) | 28 (10.7) | |
| House type | ||||
| Pucca | 68 (56.7) | 58 (41.1) | 126 (48.3) | .012* |
| Semi pucca/Kutcha | 52 (43.3) | 83 (58.9) | 135 (51.7) | |
| Tobacco smoking | ||||
| Current smoker | 38 (31.7) | 63 (44.7) | 101 (38.7) | |
| Former smoker | 19 (15.8) | 11 ( 7. 8) | 30 (11.5) | .033* |
| Never smoker | 63 (52.5) | 67 (47.5) | 130 (49.8) | |
| Betel quid chewing | ||||
| Current user | 56 (46.7) | 70 (49.6) | 126 (48.3) | |
| Former- user | 9 (7.5) | 13 (9.2) | 22 ( 8. 4) | 0.713 |
| Non- user | 55 (45.8) | 58 (41.1) | 113 (43.3) | |
| Alcohol usage | ||||
| Current user | 51 (42.5) | 70 (49.6) | 121 (46.4) | |
| Former- user | 5 (4.2) | 6 (4.3) | 11 (4.2) | 0.496 |
| Non –user | 64 (53.3) | 65 (46.1) | 129 (49.4) | |
| Total | 120 (46.0) | 141 (54.0) | 261 (100) |
*, p value less than 0.05