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Health-Related Quality of Life and Experiences of Sarcoma Patients during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Sarcomas are rare cancers with a spectrum of clinical needs and outcomes. We investigated care experiences and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in sarcoma patients during the COVID-19 pandemic. Patients with appointments during the first two months of the UK lockdown were invited to complete a...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7547383/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32823999 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cancers12082288 |
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author | Younger, Eugenie Smrke, Alannah Lidington, Emma Farag, Sheima Ingley, Katrina Chopra, Neha Maleddu, Alessandra Augustin, Yolanda Merry, Eve Wilson, Roger Benson, Charlotte Miah, Aisha Zaidi, Shane McTiernan, Anne Strauss, Sandra J. Dileo, Palma Gennatas, Spyridon Husson, Olga Jones, Robin L. |
author_facet | Younger, Eugenie Smrke, Alannah Lidington, Emma Farag, Sheima Ingley, Katrina Chopra, Neha Maleddu, Alessandra Augustin, Yolanda Merry, Eve Wilson, Roger Benson, Charlotte Miah, Aisha Zaidi, Shane McTiernan, Anne Strauss, Sandra J. Dileo, Palma Gennatas, Spyridon Husson, Olga Jones, Robin L. |
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description | Sarcomas are rare cancers with a spectrum of clinical needs and outcomes. We investigated care experiences and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in sarcoma patients during the COVID-19 pandemic. Patients with appointments during the first two months of the UK lockdown were invited to complete a survey. Questions included views on care modifications, COVID-19 worry and psychosocial impact, and EORTC-QLQ-C30 items. 350 patients completed the survey; median age 58 (16–92) years. Care modifications included telemedicine (74%) and postponement of appointments (34%), scans (34%) or treatment (10%). Most felt the quality of care was not affected (72%), however, social life (87%) and emotional wellbeing (41%) were affected. Worry about COVID-19 infection was moderately high (mean 5.8/10) and significantly related to higher cancer-related worry; associated with lower emotional functioning irrespective of treatment intent. Curative patients (44%) with low resilient coping scores had significantly higher COVID-19 worry. Patients who did not know their treatment intent (22%) had significantly higher COVID-19 worry and insomnia. In summary, care experiences were generally positive; however, cancer-related worry, low resilient coping and uncertainty about treatment intent were associated with COVID-19 worry. These patients may benefit from additional psychological support during the pandemic and beyond. |
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spelling | pubmed-75473832020-10-14 Health-Related Quality of Life and Experiences of Sarcoma Patients during the COVID-19 Pandemic Younger, Eugenie Smrke, Alannah Lidington, Emma Farag, Sheima Ingley, Katrina Chopra, Neha Maleddu, Alessandra Augustin, Yolanda Merry, Eve Wilson, Roger Benson, Charlotte Miah, Aisha Zaidi, Shane McTiernan, Anne Strauss, Sandra J. Dileo, Palma Gennatas, Spyridon Husson, Olga Jones, Robin L. Cancers (Basel) Article Sarcomas are rare cancers with a spectrum of clinical needs and outcomes. We investigated care experiences and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in sarcoma patients during the COVID-19 pandemic. Patients with appointments during the first two months of the UK lockdown were invited to complete a survey. Questions included views on care modifications, COVID-19 worry and psychosocial impact, and EORTC-QLQ-C30 items. 350 patients completed the survey; median age 58 (16–92) years. Care modifications included telemedicine (74%) and postponement of appointments (34%), scans (34%) or treatment (10%). Most felt the quality of care was not affected (72%), however, social life (87%) and emotional wellbeing (41%) were affected. Worry about COVID-19 infection was moderately high (mean 5.8/10) and significantly related to higher cancer-related worry; associated with lower emotional functioning irrespective of treatment intent. Curative patients (44%) with low resilient coping scores had significantly higher COVID-19 worry. Patients who did not know their treatment intent (22%) had significantly higher COVID-19 worry and insomnia. In summary, care experiences were generally positive; however, cancer-related worry, low resilient coping and uncertainty about treatment intent were associated with COVID-19 worry. These patients may benefit from additional psychological support during the pandemic and beyond. MDPI 2020-08-14 /pmc/articles/PMC7547383/ /pubmed/32823999 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cancers12082288 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Younger, Eugenie Smrke, Alannah Lidington, Emma Farag, Sheima Ingley, Katrina Chopra, Neha Maleddu, Alessandra Augustin, Yolanda Merry, Eve Wilson, Roger Benson, Charlotte Miah, Aisha Zaidi, Shane McTiernan, Anne Strauss, Sandra J. Dileo, Palma Gennatas, Spyridon Husson, Olga Jones, Robin L. Health-Related Quality of Life and Experiences of Sarcoma Patients during the COVID-19 Pandemic |
title | Health-Related Quality of Life and Experiences of Sarcoma Patients during the COVID-19 Pandemic |
title_full | Health-Related Quality of Life and Experiences of Sarcoma Patients during the COVID-19 Pandemic |
title_fullStr | Health-Related Quality of Life and Experiences of Sarcoma Patients during the COVID-19 Pandemic |
title_full_unstemmed | Health-Related Quality of Life and Experiences of Sarcoma Patients during the COVID-19 Pandemic |
title_short | Health-Related Quality of Life and Experiences of Sarcoma Patients during the COVID-19 Pandemic |
title_sort | health-related quality of life and experiences of sarcoma patients during the covid-19 pandemic |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7547383/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32823999 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cancers12082288 |
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