Lessons learned from COVID-19: improving breast cancer care post-pandemic from the patient perspective.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Since the onset of the pandemic, breast cancer (BC) services have been disrupted in most countries. The purpose of this qualitative study is to explore the unmet needs, patient-priorities, and recommendations for improving BC healthcare post-pandemic for women with BC and to understand how they may vary based on social determinants of health (SDH), in particular socio-economic status (SES).

Methods

Thirty-seven women, who were purposively sampled based on SDH and previously interviewed about the impact of COVID-19 on BC, were invited to take part in follow-up semi-structured qualitative interviews in early 2023. The interviews explored their perspectives of BC care since the easing of COVID-19 government restrictions, including unmet needs, patient-priorities, and

SUBMITTER: Myers C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11087304 | biostudies-literature | 2024 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature