{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["24(3)"],"submitter":["Gagliardi AR"],"funding":["Canadian Institutes of Health Research","CIHR"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Background</h4>Waiting for procedures delayed by COVID-19 may cause anxiety and related adverse consequences.<h4>Objective</h4>To synthesize research on the mental health impact of waiting and patient-centred mitigation strategies that could be applied in the COVID-19 context.<h4>Methods</h4>Using a scoping review approach, we searched 9 databases for studies on waiting lists and mental health and reported study characteristics, impacts and intervention attributes and outcomes.<h4>Results</h4>We included 51 studies that focussed on organ transplant (60.8%), surgery (21.6%) or cancer management (13.7%). Most patients and caregivers reported anxiety, depression and poor quality of life, which deteriorated with increasing wait time. The impact of waiting on mental health was greater among"],"journal":["Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy"],"pagination":["978-990"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC8235883"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["The psychological burden of waiting for procedures and patient-centred strategies that could support the mental health of wait-listed patients and caregivers during the COVID-19 pandemic: A scoping review."],"pmcid":["PMC8235883"],"pubmed_authors":["Stewart DE","Yip CYY","Irish J","Green R","McAndrews MP","Gagliardi AR","Rubin B","Ross H","Abbey S","Wright FC"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"The psychological burden of waiting for procedures and patient-centred strategies that could support the mental health of wait-listed patients and caregivers during the COVID-19 pandemic: A scoping review.","description":"<h4>Background</h4>Waiting for procedures delayed by COVID-19 may cause anxiety and related adverse consequences.<h4>Objective</h4>To synthesize research on the mental health impact of waiting and patient-centred mitigation strategies that could be applied in the COVID-19 context.<h4>Methods</h4>Using a scoping review approach, we searched 9 databases for studies on waiting lists and mental health and reported study characteristics, impacts and intervention attributes and outcomes.<h4>Results</h4>We included 51 studies that focussed on organ transplant (60.8%), surgery (21.6%) or cancer management (13.7%). Most patients and caregivers reported anxiety, depression and poor quality of life, which deteriorated with increasing wait time. The impact of waiting on mental health was greater among","dates":{"release":"2021-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2021 Jun","modification":"2025-04-18T21:06:32.527Z","creation":"2022-02-10T17:56:35.598Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC8235883","cross_references":{"pubmed":["33769657"],"doi":["10.1111/hex.13241"]}}