Table 3

The mean values of the answer scores to question 3 in section A: the timing of the critical delay in patients who become inoperable between the first symptom and completion of assessment

	Belgium	Greece	Switzerland	UK	p‐value*	Surgeons	Others	p‐value**	All	All
Patients	46	18	103	146		51	263		314
Confused by chronic disease	1.2	0.9	1.1	1.3	0.05	1.3	1.2	0.19	1.3	1.2
Delay before consulting	1.0	0.4	1.0	1.1	0.0007	1.4	1.0	0.0007	1.4	1.0
Referral delay	0.6	0.5	0.4	0.6	0.06	0.9	0.5	0.0003	0.9	0.5
Waiting time	0.4	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.22	0.4	0.2	0.008	0.4	0.2
Delay during assessment	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.3	0.0001	0.2	0.1	0.10	0.2	Others

Data are presented as n unless otherwise stated
*: difference between countries
**: difference between surgeons versus the rest