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ArticlePrecision radiation oncology2021

Status of radiotherapy staff during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) epidemic in China.

Hui Wang, Lulu Chen, Zheming Liu, Ping Li, Tangpeng Xu, Zhenmin Fu, Qibin Song, Hongxue Wu, Xiangpan Li

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Article in Precision radiation oncology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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9 authors.

Hui WangCancer Center Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University Wuhan China.
Lulu ChenCancer Center Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University Wuhan China.
Zheming LiuCancer Center Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University Wuhan China.
Ping LiCancer Center Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University Wuhan China.
Tangpeng XuCancer Center Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University Wuhan China.
Zhenmin FuCancer Center Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University Wuhan China.
Qibin SongCancer Center Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University Wuhan China.
Hongxue WuDepartment of Gastrointestinal Surgery Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University Wuhan China.
Xiangpan LiCancer Center Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University Wuhan China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9199-309X

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objective: In December 2019, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) broke out in Wuhan, China. The pandemic has posed a great challenge to radiation oncology departments, as interruptions in radiation therapy (RT) increase the risks of cancer recurrence or failure of the therapy as a whole. This study aimed to elucidate the impact of COVID-19 on radiation therapy staff in China. Methods: As many working staff at different radiation oncology departments in China as possible were retrospectively enrolled from 23 January to 9 March 2020. They were then invited to answer a questionnaire, for essential data collection, from which their basic information, anxiety level, and workload were analyzed. Results: Seven (0.39%) of the 1 755 radiation therapy staff who answered the questionnaire had contracted COVID-19, all of whom were from Wuhan. The factors influencing susceptibility were not sex ( Conclusion: The factors related to COVID-19 infection were the geographic location and whether the respondent worked in a designated COVID-19 hospital. The infected respondents experienced greater psychological pressure than their uninfected counterparts and, therefore, required more psychological interventions.

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anxietycoronavirus disease 2019psychological interventionsradiotherapy staffworkload

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