Take care or "German Angst"? Lessons from cancer care during COVID-19 pandemic in spring 2020.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

While the second wave of COVID-19 has started in Europe, data are still missing on the consequences of the first one for patients with cancer. The aim of our study was to learn more about the experiences of German patients and staff in the oncology services.

Materials and methods

An anonymous online survey was conducted among cancer patients and their therapists (physicians, medical staff, psychologists, spiritual care givers) in Germany between April and May 2020 asking about burden, fears, and perceived changes in German oncology service system. Besides answer frequencies of different stakeholders, uni- and multivariate analyses were performed for selected items to identify areas of high impact.

Results

In total 752 participants were included. All groups h

SUBMITTER: Buntzel J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7776312 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature