Patient Voices: What Can We Learn From the Covid-19 Pandemic About Follow-Up Care in Gynaecologic Oncology?

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To explore women's experiences with follow-up care after gynaecological cancer during the Covid-19 pandemic and identify key elements of aftercare from their perspective.

Methods

A qualitative study was performed, including five focus group discussions and two individual interviews with 20 participants diagnosed with ovarian (n = 5), cervical (n = 6), endometrial (n = 5) or vulvar cancer (n = 4) who received follow-up care during the Covid-19 pandemic in the Netherlands. Transcripts underwent thematic analysis, guided by the framework of the Picker Principles of Patient-Centred Care.

Results

Five themes were generated: (1) continuity of care, (2) absence of family members and carers, (3) meeting my needs, (4) managing my needs and (5) the cancer survivor narra

SUBMITTER: Vermaas EM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12451077 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature