Table 1 The formation of alignment groups according to patient’s cancer worry at first GP presentation and GP’s suspicion of cancer or serious illness at the first consultation (n = 3333)
GP suspicious | GP not suspicious | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % (column) | N | % (column) | N | % (column) | |
The patient was | ||||||
Worried | Group 1 | Group3 | ||||
1316 | (57.8) | 452 | (41.3) | 1768 | (52.2) | |
Not worried | Group 2 | Group 4 | ||||
960 | (42.2) | 605 | (58.7) | 1565 | (46.9) | |
Total | 2276 | (100.0) | 1057 | (100.0) | 3333 | (100) |