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Table 3 Distribution of reported barriers to seeing a cancer specialist, by ethnicity, among women in New Zealand with breast cancer

From: Barriers to and delays in accessing breast cancer care among New Zealand women: disparities by ethnicity

 

Māori

Pacific

Non-Māori/non-Pacific

P-value

Cost

21 (7 %)

12 (17 %)

75 (5 %)

<0.001

Couldn’t get an appointment soon enough or at a suitable time

21 (7 %)

10 (14 %)

91 (7 %)

0.037

Couldn’t spare the time / other priorities

5 (2 %)

1 (1 %)

4 (<1 %)

0.012

Didn’t want to make a fuss

8 (3 %)

1 (1 %)

17 (1 %)

0.16

Had no transport to get there

8 (3 %)

1 (1 %)

4 (<1 %)

<0.001

Couldn’t get in touch with the doctor or other professional

4 (1 %)

2 (3 %)

12 (1 %)

0.16

Lack of childcare

2 (1 %)

1 (1 %)

7 (1 %)

0.29

Embarrassment

6 (2 %)

1 (1 %)

9 (1 %)

0.056

Pain or discomfort

6 (2 %)

2 (3 %)

3 (<1 %)

<0.001

Prefer not to know condition / fear of being unwell

14 (5 %)

4 (6 %)

16 (1 %)

<0.001

Do not trust health professional

7 (2 %)

4 (6 %)

7 (1 %)

<0.001

Feel that it is pointless

3 (1 %)

1 (1 %)

3 (<1 %)

0.045

Other

13 (4 %)

2 (3 %)

56 (4 %)

0.88

  1. The table shows the number of women who reported each item as a barrier; totals therefore sum to larger than the number of participants, as each woman could record more than one. P values derive from chi-squared tests, comparing proportions across the three ethnic groupings. In instances where there were five or fewer women in a particular cell, the P value reported is from a Fisher exact test