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The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on perceived access to health care and preferences for health care provision in individuals (being) treated for breast cancer

PURPOSE: To evaluate perceived access to health care and preferences for health care provision among patients (being) treated for breast cancer during the COVID-19 pandemic. METHODS: Longitudinal study within the prospective, multicenter UMBRELLA cohort of patients (being) treated for breast cancer....

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Autores principales: Mink van der Molen, Dieuwke R., Bargon, Claudia A., Batenburg, Marilot C. T., van Stam, Lilianne E., van Dam, Iris E., Baas, Inge O., Ernst, Miranda F., Maarse, Wiesje, Sier, Maartje, Schoenmaeckers, Ernst J. P., van Dalen, Thijs, Bijlsma, Rhodé M., Doeksen, Annemiek, van der Leij, Femke, Young-Afat, Danny A., Verkooijen, Helena M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer US 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8635319/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34853988
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10549-021-06458-3
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author Mink van der Molen, Dieuwke R.
Bargon, Claudia A.
Batenburg, Marilot C. T.
van Stam, Lilianne E.
van Dam, Iris E.
Baas, Inge O.
Ernst, Miranda F.
Maarse, Wiesje
Sier, Maartje
Schoenmaeckers, Ernst J. P.
van Dalen, Thijs
Bijlsma, Rhodé M.
Doeksen, Annemiek
van der Leij, Femke
Young-Afat, Danny A.
Verkooijen, Helena M.
author_facet Mink van der Molen, Dieuwke R.
Bargon, Claudia A.
Batenburg, Marilot C. T.
van Stam, Lilianne E.
van Dam, Iris E.
Baas, Inge O.
Ernst, Miranda F.
Maarse, Wiesje
Sier, Maartje
Schoenmaeckers, Ernst J. P.
van Dalen, Thijs
Bijlsma, Rhodé M.
Doeksen, Annemiek
van der Leij, Femke
Young-Afat, Danny A.
Verkooijen, Helena M.
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description PURPOSE: To evaluate perceived access to health care and preferences for health care provision among patients (being) treated for breast cancer during the COVID-19 pandemic. METHODS: Longitudinal study within the prospective, multicenter UMBRELLA cohort of patients (being) treated for breast cancer. All cohort participants enrolled in UMBRELLA between October 2013 and November 2020 were sent a COVID-19-specific survey during the first and second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, i.e., April 2020 and November 2020, respectively. RESULTS: In total, 1106 (69.3%) and 822 (50.9%) cohort participants completed the survey in the first and second wave, respectively. The proportion of patients experiencing that their treatment or follow-up care was affected due to COVID-19 decreased from 28.4% (n = 198) in April 2020 to 14.8% (n = 103) in November 2020. Throughout the pandemic, one or more hospital consultations were postponed in 10.0% (n = 82) of all patients and changed into a teleconsultation in 23.1% (n = 190). The proportion of patients who experienced a higher threshold to contact their general practitioner due to COVID-19 decreased from 29.9% (n = 204) in the first wave to 20.8% (n = 145) in the second wave. In-person consultations remained most preferred in 35.2% (n = 289) of all patients. Nearly half of all patients (48.3%, n = 396) indicated that telehealth would be a useful alternative for in-person consultations in future. CONCLUSION: Perceived access to health care has improved substantially throughout the pandemic. Digital care is well received by patients (being) treated for breast cancer. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s10549-021-06458-3.
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spelling pubmed-86353192021-12-02 The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on perceived access to health care and preferences for health care provision in individuals (being) treated for breast cancer Mink van der Molen, Dieuwke R. Bargon, Claudia A. Batenburg, Marilot C. T. van Stam, Lilianne E. van Dam, Iris E. Baas, Inge O. Ernst, Miranda F. Maarse, Wiesje Sier, Maartje Schoenmaeckers, Ernst J. P. van Dalen, Thijs Bijlsma, Rhodé M. Doeksen, Annemiek van der Leij, Femke Young-Afat, Danny A. Verkooijen, Helena M. Breast Cancer Res Treat Clinical Trial PURPOSE: To evaluate perceived access to health care and preferences for health care provision among patients (being) treated for breast cancer during the COVID-19 pandemic. METHODS: Longitudinal study within the prospective, multicenter UMBRELLA cohort of patients (being) treated for breast cancer. All cohort participants enrolled in UMBRELLA between October 2013 and November 2020 were sent a COVID-19-specific survey during the first and second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, i.e., April 2020 and November 2020, respectively. RESULTS: In total, 1106 (69.3%) and 822 (50.9%) cohort participants completed the survey in the first and second wave, respectively. The proportion of patients experiencing that their treatment or follow-up care was affected due to COVID-19 decreased from 28.4% (n = 198) in April 2020 to 14.8% (n = 103) in November 2020. Throughout the pandemic, one or more hospital consultations were postponed in 10.0% (n = 82) of all patients and changed into a teleconsultation in 23.1% (n = 190). The proportion of patients who experienced a higher threshold to contact their general practitioner due to COVID-19 decreased from 29.9% (n = 204) in the first wave to 20.8% (n = 145) in the second wave. In-person consultations remained most preferred in 35.2% (n = 289) of all patients. Nearly half of all patients (48.3%, n = 396) indicated that telehealth would be a useful alternative for in-person consultations in future. CONCLUSION: Perceived access to health care has improved substantially throughout the pandemic. Digital care is well received by patients (being) treated for breast cancer. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s10549-021-06458-3. Springer US 2021-12-01 2022 /pmc/articles/PMC8635319/ /pubmed/34853988 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10549-021-06458-3 Text en © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2022 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic.
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Mink van der Molen, Dieuwke R.
Bargon, Claudia A.
Batenburg, Marilot C. T.
van Stam, Lilianne E.
van Dam, Iris E.
Baas, Inge O.
Ernst, Miranda F.
Maarse, Wiesje
Sier, Maartje
Schoenmaeckers, Ernst J. P.
van Dalen, Thijs
Bijlsma, Rhodé M.
Doeksen, Annemiek
van der Leij, Femke
Young-Afat, Danny A.
Verkooijen, Helena M.
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on perceived access to health care and preferences for health care provision in individuals (being) treated for breast cancer
title The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on perceived access to health care and preferences for health care provision in individuals (being) treated for breast cancer
title_full The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on perceived access to health care and preferences for health care provision in individuals (being) treated for breast cancer
title_fullStr The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on perceived access to health care and preferences for health care provision in individuals (being) treated for breast cancer
title_full_unstemmed The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on perceived access to health care and preferences for health care provision in individuals (being) treated for breast cancer
title_short The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on perceived access to health care and preferences for health care provision in individuals (being) treated for breast cancer
title_sort impact of the covid-19 pandemic on perceived access to health care and preferences for health care provision in individuals (being) treated for breast cancer
topic Clinical Trial
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8635319/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34853988
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10549-021-06458-3
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