Waiting times for Diagnosis and Treatment of Lung Cancer in Srinagarind Hospital, Khon Kaen Province
Keywords:
Waiting times, Lung Cancer, Diagnosis and TreatmentAbstract
Background and Objective: Delay in diagnosis and initiation treatment of lung cancer can affect disease progression and patient mortality, especially the patients with metastatic lung cancer. Thus, this study aimed to determine the waiting time of diagnosis and treatment in patients with stage 4 lung cancer.
Methods: This was a descriptive study that conducted the data of 268 patients with stage 4 lung cancer from the database of Srinagarind hospital between 2017 and 2018. The waiting times were reported by median with 95% confidence interval.
Results: A total of 268 stage 4 lung cancer patients, 232 patients were diagnosed that found the median waiting time for diagnosis was 28.0 days (95%CI: 23.0 to 33.4). Of those 216 patients who were received the treatment found 49.0 days (95%CI: 42.1 to 52.0). There were 155 patients who were diagnosed and received the treatment found 25.0 days (95% CI: 20.8 to 29.0) for waiting time of diagnosis to treatment.
Conclusions: The surgical diagnosed was the diagnosis method that had the longest waiting time. and the targeted therapy was the treatment method that had the longest waiting time.
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