| Autor: |
Piotr Rutkowski, Paweł Sobczuk, A. Walerzak, Rafał Stec, L. Bodnar, Sylwia Kopeć, K. Hryń, Małgorzata Osmola, Dawid Sigorski, K. Kuć, T. Ciszewski |
| Rok vydání: |
2020 |
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| Zdroj: |
Annals of Oncology |
| ISSN: |
0923-7534 |
| DOI: |
10.1016/j.annonc.2020.08.1817 |
| Popis: |
Background: The diagnosis and treatment of cancer are associated with anxiety of death and cancer recurrence The outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has caused fear and anxiety among cancer patients Incidence of severe and even fatal complications during SARS-CoV-2 infection is greater in the cancer patients, therefore recommendations of oncological therapy have changed The aim of the study was the anxiety level analysis among oncology patients during SARS-CoV-2 pandemic in correlation with mental adjustment to cancer Methods: 306 patients, ≥18-years of age with histologically confirmed cancer and concurrently receiving systemic treatment were enrolled in 4 Oncological Centeres in Poland The most common types of cancer were breast cancer (n=84), colorectal cancer (n=55) and melanoma (n=25) The level of cancer- related anxiety (CRA) and SARS-CoV-2-related anxiety (SRA) was measured in numerical (0-10 points) scale and validated Fear of COVID-19 Scale The degree of adaptation to cancer was evaluated with the Mini-Mental Adjustment to Cancer scale (Mini-MAC) The study was performed on May 11-15th, 2020 Non-parametric tests and Spearman correlations were used for statistical analyses Descriptive statistics are presented as median and interquartile range The study was approved by the ethics committee Results: The median of CRA (6;5-10) was higher than SRA anxiety (5;3-8;p=0 025) The level of CRA significantly correlated with coronavirus anxiety (r=0,531;p=0,01) The numerical and Fear of the COVID-19 scales were highly comparable (r=0 741;p |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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