The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions on the health care utilization of cancer patients.

ABSTRACT:

Background

COVID-19 has impacted both society and medical care. While Germany entered the first lockdown in spring 2020, the PIKKO study (Patient information, communication and competence empowerment in oncology) was still active. The intervention modules, patient navigator (PN), services of the Saarland Cancer Society (SCS), psycho-social counseling and different courses, and online knowledge database (ODB) continued to be offered, but in an adapted form. It was the aim of this supplementary survey to identify the restrictions and burdens of the pandemic containment strategies on the PIKKO patients and thus on the PIKKO study itself. Furthermore, this work shows how the PIKKO modules were used during the lockdown.

Methods

All patients in the PIKKO intervention group (IG) we

SUBMITTER: Schneider N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10183678 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature