Perception Of Cancer Patients And Their Attendants During Pandemic Of Covid 19: An Experience From Tertiary Care Center , Pakistan”.
Abstract
Background: Cancer patients have concerns about treatment during COVID 19 pandemic virus as well as its impact on their health. This survey was conducted to ascertain the perception of cancer patients and their attendants during this pandemic. METHODS& RESULT: This cross-sectional study was conducted at Oncology OPD of SIUT, from May 2020 to July 2020 on cancer patients along with their attendants. Among 306 patients, 68.9 % received chemotherapy. In response of each question, 1st one belonged to patients and 2nd was related to attendants. Only positive answers are reported here. For increasing gap of chemotherapy during the pandemic COVID 19, 58.3% vs 38.4% agreed with doctor recommendation. For start of single agent chemotherapy instead of combination regimen, 41% vs 19% agreed. For hospitalization 41.5%, vs 47.7% depicted inclination towards admission whereas for mental health questions, 63.7% vs 51.3% were neither afraid nor had psychological issues 79.7% vs 25.8% respectively. About COVID -19 testing, 66% vs 22.5%wanted to be tested. If results turned out positive, 82.2% vs 24.7% would go in isolation. Conclusion: This study provides evidence of perception of cancer patients with their attendants from resource restrained country. Our study confirms that for disease like cancer, fear of the illness is always more paramount then any infection.
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2. Bhagavathula AS, Aldhaleei WA, Rahmani J, Mahabadi MA, Bandari DK. Knowledge and perceptions of COVID-19 among health care workers: cross-sectional study. JMIR public health and surveillance. 2020;6(2):e19160.
3. Hashmi M, Taqi A, Memon MI, Ali SM, Khaskheli S, Sheharyar M, Hayat M, Shiekh M, Kodippily C, Gamage D, Dondorp AM. A national survey of critical care services in hospitals accredited for training in a lower-middle income country: Pakistan. Journal of critical care. 2020 Dec 1;60:273-8.
4. Gasparri ML, Gentilini OD, Lueftner D, Kuehn T, Kaidar-Person O, Poortmans P. Changes in breast cancer management during the Corona Virus Disease 19 pandemic: an international survey of the European Breast Cancer Research Association of Surgical Trialists (EUBREAST). The Breast. 2020 Aug 1;52:110-5.
5. . Williamson EJ, Walker AJ, Bhaskaran K, Bacon S, Bates C, Morton CE, Curtis HJ, Mehrkar A, Evans D, Inglesby P, Cockburn J. Factors associated with COVID-19-related death using OpenSAFELY. Nature. 2020 Aug;584(7821):430-6.
6. Guven DC, Sahin TK, Aktepe OH, Yildirim HC, Aksoy S, Kilickap S. Perspectives, knowledge, and fears of cancer patients about COVID-19. Frontiers in oncology. 2020 Aug 28;10:1553.
7 Ghosh J, Ganguly S, Mondal D, Pandey P, Dabkara D, Biswas B. Perspective of oncology patients during COVID-19 pandemic: a prospective observational study from India. JCO global oncology. 2020 Jun;6:844-51.
8. Lou E, Teoh D, Brown K, Blaes A, Holtan SG, Jewett P, Parsons H, Mburu EW, Thomaier L, Hui JY, Nelson HH. Perspectives of cancer patients and their health during the COVID-19 pandemic. Plos one. 2020 Oct 30;15(10):e0241741.
9. Tsamakis K, Gavriatopoulou M, Schizas D, Stravodimou A, Mougkou A, Tsiptsios D, Sioulas V, Spartalis E, Sioulas AD, Tsamakis C, Charalampakis N. Oncology during the COVID 19 pandemic: challenges, dilemmas and the psychosocial impact on cancer patients. Oncology letters. 2020 Jul 1;20(1):441-7.
10. Gao J, Zheng P, Jia Y, Chen H, Mao Y, Chen S, et al. Mental health problems and social media exposure during COVID-19 outbreak. PLoS One. 2020;15(4):e0231924
11. Zheng R, Zhou Y, Fu Y, et al. Prevalence and associated factors of depression and anxiety among nurses during the outbreak of COVID-19 in China: A cross-sectional study. Int J Nurs Stud. Feb 2021;114:103809. doi:10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2020.103809
12. Schmidt T, Cloete A, Davids A, Makola L, Zondi N, Jantjies M. Myths, misconceptions, othering and stigmatizing responses to Covid-19 in South Africa: A rapid qualitative assessment. PLoS One. 2020;15(12):e0244420. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0244420
13. Chandir S, Siddiqi DA, Mehmood M, et al. Impact of COVID-19 pandemic response on uptake of routine immunizations in Sindh, Pakistan: An analysis of provincial electronic immunization registry data. Vaccine. Oct 21 2020;38(45):7146-7155. doi:10.1016/j.vaccine.2020.08.019
14.Marzorati C, Renzi C, Russell-Edu SW, Pravettoni G. Telemedicine Use Among Caregivers of Cancer Patients: Systematic Review. J Med Internet Res. 2018;20(6):e223.
15. Lin DD, Meghal T, Murthy P, Mo L, D'Silva A, Huang Y, et al. Chemotherapy Treatment Modifications During the COVID-19 Outbreak at a Community Cancer Center in New York City. JCO Glob Oncol. 2020;6:1298-305.
16. Curigliano G, Banerjee S, Cervantes A, Garassino MC, Garrido P, Girard N, et al. Managing cancer patients during the COVID-19 pandemic: an ESMO multidisciplinary expert consensus. Ann Oncol. 2020;31(10):1320-35.
17. Butt M, Mohammed R, Butt E, Butt S, Xiang J. Why Have Immunization Efforts in Pakistan Failed to Achieve Global Standards of Vaccination Uptake and Infectious Disease Control? Risk Manag Healthc Policy. 2020;13:111-124. doi:10.2147/RMHP.S211170
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Issue | Vol 14 No 3 (2022) | |
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DOI | https://doi.org/10.18502/bccr.v14i3.14353 | |
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Key words: SIUT-Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation. OPD-out patient department/clinic. COVID 19-Corona virus infection |
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Rasheed A. Perception Of Cancer Patients And Their Attendants During Pandemic Of Covid 19: An Experience From Tertiary Care Center , Pakistan”. Basic Clin Cancer Res. 2023;14(3):155-161.