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The Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic in Children With Cancer: A Report From Saudi Arabia
In January 2020, the WHO declared the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak as a public health emergency of international concern. Due to the rapid spread of 2019-nCoV, all countries started preventive and precautionary measures to prevent COVID-19 infection spread. These measures limited the popul...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7780198/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33447044 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1178632920984161 |
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author | Alshahrani, Mohammad Elyamany, Ghaleb Sedick, Qanita Ibrahim, Walid Mohamed, Amal Othman, Mohamed Al Thibani, Nour Alsuhaibani, Omar Al Amro, Mohamed Gharawi, Ali Al Sharif, Omar Elborai, Yasser Alabbas, Fahad Binhassan, Amal AlMoshary, May Al Mussaed, Eman Alkhayat, Nawaf |
author_facet | Alshahrani, Mohammad Elyamany, Ghaleb Sedick, Qanita Ibrahim, Walid Mohamed, Amal Othman, Mohamed Al Thibani, Nour Alsuhaibani, Omar Al Amro, Mohamed Gharawi, Ali Al Sharif, Omar Elborai, Yasser Alabbas, Fahad Binhassan, Amal AlMoshary, May Al Mussaed, Eman Alkhayat, Nawaf |
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description | In January 2020, the WHO declared the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak as a public health emergency of international concern. Due to the rapid spread of 2019-nCoV, all countries started preventive and precautionary measures to prevent COVID-19 infection spread. These measures limited the population mobility and services provided, which subsequently Impact of on children with cancer and cancer care delivery in the many health centers in Saudi Arabia. We did a cross-sectional study to assess the impact of this outbreak on children with cancer concerning all aspects of life including medical services provided, the specific precautions to prevent spread in cancer patients, mental, psychological effects, and its effect on the quality of life. We collected 204 responses during a survey that assessed the impact on the treatment of cancer children at a tertiary institution during the COVID-19 pandemic. The majority of patients were receiving ongoing chemotherapy for leukemia/lymphoma. The majority of these patients (60.5%) reported a delay in treatment received due to hospital cancellation of appointments due to the pandemic. Although the majority of patients in our cohort complained of delayed treatment, fortunately, none of the delays led to fatalities. In the context of global lockdowns and physical distancing to help flatten the COVID-19 curve, telemedicine has proved fundamental to keeping patients and their healthcare providers connected and safe. Children also faced multiple other difficulties such as psychosocial issues during the COVID-19 pandemic. Our long-term goals are to develop new programs that will enable children with cancer to emerge successfully during a pandemic. |
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spelling | pubmed-77801982021-01-13 The Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic in Children With Cancer: A Report From Saudi Arabia Alshahrani, Mohammad Elyamany, Ghaleb Sedick, Qanita Ibrahim, Walid Mohamed, Amal Othman, Mohamed Al Thibani, Nour Alsuhaibani, Omar Al Amro, Mohamed Gharawi, Ali Al Sharif, Omar Elborai, Yasser Alabbas, Fahad Binhassan, Amal AlMoshary, May Al Mussaed, Eman Alkhayat, Nawaf Health Serv Insights Original Research In January 2020, the WHO declared the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak as a public health emergency of international concern. Due to the rapid spread of 2019-nCoV, all countries started preventive and precautionary measures to prevent COVID-19 infection spread. These measures limited the population mobility and services provided, which subsequently Impact of on children with cancer and cancer care delivery in the many health centers in Saudi Arabia. We did a cross-sectional study to assess the impact of this outbreak on children with cancer concerning all aspects of life including medical services provided, the specific precautions to prevent spread in cancer patients, mental, psychological effects, and its effect on the quality of life. We collected 204 responses during a survey that assessed the impact on the treatment of cancer children at a tertiary institution during the COVID-19 pandemic. The majority of patients were receiving ongoing chemotherapy for leukemia/lymphoma. The majority of these patients (60.5%) reported a delay in treatment received due to hospital cancellation of appointments due to the pandemic. Although the majority of patients in our cohort complained of delayed treatment, fortunately, none of the delays led to fatalities. In the context of global lockdowns and physical distancing to help flatten the COVID-19 curve, telemedicine has proved fundamental to keeping patients and their healthcare providers connected and safe. Children also faced multiple other difficulties such as psychosocial issues during the COVID-19 pandemic. Our long-term goals are to develop new programs that will enable children with cancer to emerge successfully during a pandemic. SAGE Publications 2020-12-28 /pmc/articles/PMC7780198/ /pubmed/33447044 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1178632920984161 Text en © The Author(s) 2020 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). |
spellingShingle | Original Research Alshahrani, Mohammad Elyamany, Ghaleb Sedick, Qanita Ibrahim, Walid Mohamed, Amal Othman, Mohamed Al Thibani, Nour Alsuhaibani, Omar Al Amro, Mohamed Gharawi, Ali Al Sharif, Omar Elborai, Yasser Alabbas, Fahad Binhassan, Amal AlMoshary, May Al Mussaed, Eman Alkhayat, Nawaf The Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic in Children With Cancer: A Report From Saudi Arabia |
title | The Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic in Children With Cancer: A Report From Saudi Arabia |
title_full | The Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic in Children With Cancer: A Report From Saudi Arabia |
title_fullStr | The Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic in Children With Cancer: A Report From Saudi Arabia |
title_full_unstemmed | The Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic in Children With Cancer: A Report From Saudi Arabia |
title_short | The Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic in Children With Cancer: A Report From Saudi Arabia |
title_sort | impact of covid-19 pandemic in children with cancer: a report from saudi arabia |
topic | Original Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7780198/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33447044 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1178632920984161 |
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