Association between Socio-Demographics and Clinical Profile with Therapy Options Received by Cervical Cancer Patients in Two Nigerian Tertiary Hospitals
A. Samaila, A. A. Biambo, N. Usman, U. M. Aliyu, A. Abdullahi and M. O. Adibe.
Abstract
This study was conducted to determine the associations between the socio-demographics, clinical profile and therapy options received by cervical cancer (CC) patients in Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital (UDUTH), Sokoto and Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital (ABUTH), Zaria. The study used a prospective longitudinal design with retrieved data for 157 eligible CC patients. Pearson’s correlation was used to test for association between patients’ socio-demographics, clinical characteristics and number of therapy options received while comparisons of proportions were carried out using Pearson’s Chi square. Results show that the mean age of the patients was 50.7±9.0 years and 43.3% of patients earned less than ₦50,000.00 per month. The results also reveal most of the 47.1% of patients presented with clinical stage III. Per Vaginal Bleeding (PVB) was the symptoms recorded for 88.5% of the patients while most patients (49.7%) received Chemotherapy (CT) as the major therapy option. There were significant associations between the level of income, (r=0.412, p
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