Sætre Lisa Maria Sele, Balasubramaniam Kirubakaran, Søndergaard Jens, Jarbøl Dorte Ejg
Research Unit of General Practice, Department of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.
NPJ Prim Care Respir Med. 2025 Jan 10;35(1):3. doi: 10.1038/s41533-025-00412-2.
This study analyses the associations between smoking status and perceived symptom significance (concern and influence on daily activity) among individuals with possible lung cancer symptoms and investigate the influence of symptom significance on healthcare seeking among individuals with different smoking status. A nationwide survey with 21,920 randomly selected individuals aged ≥40 years included questions about lung cancer symptoms, symptom concern and influence on daily activities, GP contact, and smoking status. Descriptive statistics and multivariable regression models were applied. Overall, individuals who currently smoked were more likely to perceive their lung cancer symptoms as significant, and individuals who reported high symptom significance were more likely to seek healthcare with both specific and non-specific symptoms. The significance of symptoms appeared to have less pronounced effect on prompting healthcare seeking among individuals with a history of current smoking. This implies that they may benefit from support and encouragement to seek care.
本研究分析了有肺癌可能症状的个体中吸烟状况与感知到的症状重要性（担忧及对日常活动的影响）之间的关联，并调查了症状重要性对不同吸烟状况个体寻求医疗保健行为的影响。一项对21920名年龄≥40岁的随机选取个体进行的全国性调查，涵盖了有关肺癌症状、症状担忧及对日常活动的影响、与全科医生联系以及吸烟状况的问题。应用了描述性统计和多变量回归模型。总体而言，当前吸烟者更有可能将其肺癌症状视为重要，而报告症状重要性高的个体在出现特异性和非特异性症状时更有可能寻求医疗保健。症状的重要性对有当前吸烟史个体促使其寻求医疗保健的影响似乎不太明显。这意味着他们可能会从寻求医疗保健的支持和鼓励中受益。
