NCT03336177

Understanding Low Gynecological Cancer Delay and Help-seeking Behavior in Older Patients.

Understanding Low Gynecological Cancer Delay and Help-seeking Behavior in Older Patients. Qualitative Approach

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 12 (actual)
• Sponsor: Institut de Cancérologie de Lorraine · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Systematic screening for cervical cancer stops in France at 65 years old. The incidence of certain types of gynecological neoplasia increases with age (endometrium, vulva). Diagnosis delay of 8 months has been described for uterine cancer and longer delays for vulvar cancer. The aim of our study is to understand help-seeking behavior and its delay for this type of cancer among patients older than 65.

Detailed description

Our study assess the reasons for which the patient took time to go to the doctor despite of their symptoms. We use a qualitative methodology. Our study categorizes lived experiences, recorded in semistructured interview transcripts. We use psychodynamic and semiopragmatic analyses of the discourse to obtain hypotheses about possible reasons of the delay in the help-seeking process."

Conditions

• Gynecologic Cancer
• Symptoms and Signs
• Aged

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Semi-structured face to face interviews.	Patients will be interviewed by open-ended questions face to face concerning their past experiences. The recorded interview will be transcribed and analyzed by psychodynamic and semio-pragmatic approach.

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-10-30
• Primary completion: 2018-03-12
• Completion: 2018-07-27
• First posted: 2017-11-08
• Last updated: 2018-08-08

Locations

1 site across 1 country: France