Cancer Awareness in Hertfordshire, Luton and South Bedfordshire

Contacting the doctorComparing reactions to all the suggested barriers to help-seeking by PCT shows afamiliar pattern of response. The East and North Hertfordshire PCT participants aremore likely to endorse eight of the ten suggested barriers to help-seeking at higherlevels when compared to all other PCT areas. The following table highlights (bold andunderlined) which figures per PCT are statistically significantly higher than theremaining figures (those underlined but not in bold). Figures not underlined are notstatistically significantly different to its counterpart measures.Table 6: Barriers to help-seekingBy PCT (All respondents)East and NorthHertsWest HertsLutonSouthBedfordshireI would be too embarrassed 18% 4% 4% 1%I would be too scared 19% 6% 5% 6%I would be worried aboutwasting the doctor's timeMy doctor would be difficultto talk toIt would be difficult to makean appointment with mydoctorI would be too busy to maketime to go to the doctorI have too many other thingsto worry aboutIt would be difficult for meto arrange transport to thedoctor's surgeryI would be worried aboutwhat the doctor might findI wouldn't feel confidenttalking about my symptomwith the doctor18% 10% 8% 8%11% 5% 5% 6%26% 18% 12% 18%19% 11% 7% 4%21% 11% 7% 6%7% 2% 4% 1%21% 19% 26% 16%9% 9% 2% 3%Unweighted base = 1251 * denotes