Impact of coronaphobia on treatment and follow-up compliance of cancer patients.
Future Oncol
; 17(20): 2621-2629, 2021 Jul.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1195990
ABSTRACT
The aim of this study was to assess the impact of coronaphobia on treatment and follow-up compliance in cancer patients. The records of 230 cancer patients were reviewed. Coronaphobia was assessed via the validated COVID-19 Phobia Scale (C19P-S). A total of 64% of the patients had a high coronaphobia score. Among them, 59% were noncompliant. In multivariate logistic regression analysis, low educational status, treatment type, following COVID-19 news, having knowledge about COVID-19 transmission and higher C19P-S score were associated with noncompliance (p = 0.006, p < 0.001, p = 0.002, p = 0.002 and p = 0.001, respectively). Multivariate analysis revealed that having knowledge about COVID-19 transmission was related to a higher C19P-S score (p = 0.001). The cancer patients studied had significant coronaphobia. Moreover, greater coronaphobia was significantly associated with noncompliance with follow-up and treatment.
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Phobic Disorders
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Patient Compliance
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COVID-19
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Neoplasms
Type of study:
Cohort study
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Experimental Studies
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
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Young adult
Language:
English
Journal:
Future Oncol
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Fon-2021-0020
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