Oncology provider experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The COVID-19 pandemic upended nearly all aspects of daily life and of medical care, placing a double burden of professional and personal concerns on those who provide medical care. We set out to assess the burden of the pandemic on provider outlook and understand how cancer survivorship providers experienced rapid changes to practice.

Methods

We distributed a survey through the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer (CoC) to its accredited organizations in mid-October 2020. We included questions on provider characteristics, changes in patient care practices resulting from the pandemic, worry about COVID-19, and concern about impact on cancer survivors.

Results

Of the n = 607 participants, three-quarters were female and three-quarters were White. Onl

SUBMITTER: Arem H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9321423 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature