Date of first symptom | The date or estimated time in the week, month or year when the patient first felt a bodily change requiring discussion with a healthcare professional and/or with another person with the intention of gaining understanding of the symptoms and/or how to deal with them | Weller D, et al12 |
Patient interval | The time period from detection of abnormal bodily sensations to time of visiting first healthcare professional to discuss the symptoms including the period from lower level units to the study hospital for diagnosis of cancer | Weller D, et al12 |
Date of first presentation | The time point in the week, month or year including a particular date when the patient first visited a healthcare professional in a private or public health facility to discuss the symptoms that she had and that have since been attributed to cervical cancer at the study hospital | Weller D, et al12 |
Date of diagnosis | Date when examination under anaesthesia for clinical diagnosis and staging was performed. | Weller D, et al12 |
Pre-referral consultations | Any visits to a healthcare professional in an established healthcare setting including lower level healthcare facilities and private clinics before presentation to and diagnosis at the study hospital | Lyratzopoulos G, et al13 |
Pre-referral suspicion or diagnosis of cancer | Any reports by participants referring to being told of a cancer diagnosis by primary healthcare professionals before referral to study hospital | |