Cancer staff in an NHS cancer center: infections, vaccination, stress and well-being support during the COVID-19 pandemic

Aim: To evaluate the impact of the pandemic on the well-being of cancer staff and determine the uptake of opt-in mitigation strategies. Materials & methods: Staff at Guy's Cancer Centre (London, UK) participated in an anonymized survey between May and August 2021. Results: Of 1182 staff, 25...

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Autores principales: Hadi, Hajer, Handford, Jasmine, Russell, Beth, Moss, Charlotte L, Monroy Iglesias, Maria J, Rammant, Elke, Smith, Sue, Dolly, Saoirse, Thillai, Kiruthikah, Rigg, Anne, Hemelrijck, Mieke Van
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Future Medicine Ltd 2022
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Short Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9037279/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35382557
http://dx.doi.org/10.2217/fon-2022-0071
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Sumario:Aim: To evaluate the impact of the pandemic on the well-being of cancer staff and determine the uptake of opt-in mitigation strategies. Materials & methods: Staff at Guy's Cancer Centre (London, UK) participated in an anonymized survey between May and August 2021. Results: Of 1182 staff, 257 (21.7%) participated. Ethnicity (p = 0.020) and comorbidity burden (p = 0.022) were associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection status. Of 199 respondents, seven (3.6%) were vaccine-hesitant, which was associated with low flu vaccine uptake (p < 0.001). Greater stress was associated with younger age (p = 0.030) and redeployment (p = 0.012). Lack of time and skepticism were barriers to using mental well-being resources. Conclusion: Albeit cautious, numerous trends the authors observed echo those in the published literature. Improved accessibility, awareness and utility of mental well-being resources are required.

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