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Table 2 Completeness of recording for the four generic cancer symptoms

From: Patient-reported measurement of time to diagnosis in cancer: development of the Cancer Symptom Interval Measure (C-SIM) and randomised controlled trial of method of delivery

Number of patients reporting this symptoms

Complete data

Incomplete data

z statistic

p

Fatigue or tiredness

Researcher-completed (nā€‰=ā€‰55)

53

2

Ā Ā 

Self-completed (nā€‰=ā€‰37)

34

3

-0.99

0.32

Unexplained weight loss

Researcher-completed (nā€‰=ā€‰29)

28

1

Ā Ā 

Self-completed (nā€‰=ā€‰24)

23

1

-0.14

0.89

Decrease in appetite

Researcher-completed (nā€‰=ā€‰25)

25

0

Ā Ā 

Self-completed (nā€‰=ā€‰23)

18

5

-2.80

0.005

Feeling different in yourself

Researcher-completed (nā€‰=ā€‰35)

35

0

Ā Ā 

Self-completed (nā€‰=ā€‰29)

27

2

-1.64

0.10