Table 2 Public awareness and barriers to help seeking pre- and post-campaign survey results.
From: Evaluation of a national lung cancer symptom awareness campaign in Wales
Survey question | Pre-campaign (June 2016; n = 1011) | Post-campaign (Sept 2016; n = 1013) | % change | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Symptom recall | ||||
Cough/coughing | 27.5% | 40.8% | 13.3% | <0.001 |
Persistent/ long lasting/ bad cough | 14.2% | 15.4% | 1.2% | 0.26 |
Shortness of breath/ bad chest/difficulty breathing | 29.7% | 37.2% | 7.5% | <0.001 |
Coughing up blood/ blood in mouth or mucus | 22.5% | 18.1% | −4.4% | 0.05 |
Do not know/none | 31.4% | 19.7% | −11.7% | <0.001 |
Symptom recognition | ||||
A cough for three weeks or more that does not go away | 82.2% | 86.6% | 4.4% | <0.001 |
Breathlessness | 83.6% | 85.9% | 2.3% | 0.39 |
Coughing up blood | 95.5% | 93.3% | −2.2% | 0.02 |
A persistent pain in your chest or shoulder | 68.9% | 67.2% | −1.7% | 0.18 |
Losing weight for no obvious reason | 78.5% | 74.7% | −3.8% | 0.02 |
A cough that has got worse or changes | 87.1% | 88.9% | 1.8% | 0.32 |
Recognition of three-week cough by social group | ||||
ABC1 (most affluent) | 80.5% | 83.9% | 3.4% | 0.16 |
C2DE (most deprived) | 86.3% | 87.2% | 0.9% | 0.02 |
Worry about wasting GP time | ||||
ABC1 (most affluent) | 47.9% | 46.3% | −1.6% | 0.33 |
C2DE (most deprived) | 50.1% | 40.1% | −10.0% | <0.001 |
Total | 49.2% | 42.8% | −6.4% | <0.001 |
