Factors affecting time taken by patients to present oral squamous cell cancer symptoms to health care professionals

Bell, JR (2017) Factors affecting time taken by patients to present oral squamous cell cancer symptoms to health care professionals PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

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Abstract

Patient delays in presenting oral squamous cell cancer (OSCC) symptoms to health care providers (HCPs) increases mortality and morbidity. The main aim of the thesis is to gain an understanding of decision-making processes that lead to presentation delay of potential OSCC symptoms. Chapter 1 of the thesis presents an introduction to the research. It is separated in to three sections. The first section provides a background in to (OSCC) and highlights the importance of reducing patient presentation delay in the disease. The second section explains the various theoretical approaches that are relevant to patient delay, while the third section provides examples of studies that have devised interventions based on the theoretical approaches described in the previous section. Chapter 2 of the thesis presents a systematic literature review of studies that have analysed reasons for patient delay in head and neck cancer. The review examines quantitative and qualitative studies separately using textual narrative synthesis. The main reasons for patient delay that are consistent across the studies are a lack of knowledge of head and neck cancer, interpreting symptoms as minor conditions that do not require medical attention ... (continues)

Item Type:	Thesis (PhD)
Divisions:	Faculty of Health & Life Sciences > Inst. Population Health
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	22 Aug 2018 09:48
Last Modified:	10 Mar 2026 09:25
DOI:	10.17638/03020197
Supervisors:	Brown, Stephen ORCID: 0000-0002-6142-0995 Shaw, richard ORCID: 0000-0001-7027-8997 Salmon, peter ORCID: 0000-0001-6450-5209
URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3020197
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