SynthesisSupportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer2022
Counting the social, psychological, and economic costs of COVID-19 for cancer patients.
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- Pooled it
- Evaluating a Tailored Web-Based eHealth Intervention for Symptom Management in Couples Managing Prostate Cancer During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Randomized Clinical Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Trial
- Weathering the Double Storm-Resilience in Chinese Older Cancer Patients With Long COVID: A Qualitative Study.Journal of advanced nursing · 2026Article
- Factors correlated with financial hardship among cancer patients during the COVID-19 pandemic.PloS one · 2026Article
- Health-seeking behavior and anxiety of cancer patients in Bangladesh during the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional study.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2025Article
- Differences in COVID-19 preventive behaviors among Black and White cancer survivors in North Carolina.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2025Article
- A Qualitative Descriptive Study to Assess Experiences and Care Needs of Patients With Cancer During the COVID-19 Pandemic.Oncology nursing forum · 2025Article
- Novel NO-TZDs and trimethoxychalcone-based DHPMs: design, synthesis, and biological evaluation as potential VEGFR-2 inhibitors.Journal of enzyme inhibition and medicinal chemistry · 2024Article
- Impact of post-COVID-19 changes in outpatient chronic patients' healthcare-seeking behaviors on medical utilization and health outcomes.Health economics review · 2024Article
- Collateral effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on endocrine treatments for breast and prostate cancer in the UK: a cohort study.Therapeutic advances in medical oncology · 2024Article
- Independent predictors of mortality and 5-year trends in mortality and resource utilization in hospitalized patients with diffuse large B cell lymphoma.Proceedings (Baylor University. Medical Center) · 2024Article
- A pragmatic dialogue amongst stakeholders on the impact of COVID-19 on Irish cancer patients and healthcare services and lessons learned.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2023Article
- Impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the management of gynecologic cancer: a Spanish survey. Observational, multicenter study.BMC women's health · 2023Article
- Adverse COVID-19 experiences and health-related quality of life in cancer survivors: indirect effects of COVID-19-related depression and financial burden.Journal of patient-reported outcomes · 2023Article
- Hospitalized COVID-19 patients with diabetes have an increased risk for pneumonia, intensive care unit requirement, intubation, and death: A cross-sectional cohort study in Mexico in 2020.Health science reports · 2023Article
- Fear of COVID-19 among cancer patients in Henan Province, Central China: causes, results, and coping factors.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
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Abstract
purposeCancer patients were particularly vulnerable to the adverse impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic given their reliance on the healthcare system, and their weakened immune systems. This systematic review examines the social, psychological, and economic impacts of COVID-19 on cancer patients.
methodsThe systematic search, conducted in March 2021, captures the experience of COVID-19 Wave I, when the most severe restrictions were in place globally, from a patient perspective.
resultsThe search yielded 56 studies reporting on the economic, social, and psychological impacts of COVID-19. The economic burden associated with cancer for patients during the pandemic included direct and indirect costs with both objective (i.e. financial burden) and subjective elements (financial distress). The pandemic exasperated existing psychological strain and associated adverse outcomes including worry and fear (of COVID-19 and cancer prognosis); distress, anxiety, and depression; social isolation and loneliness. National and institutional public health guidelines to reduce COVID-19 transmission resulted in suspended cancer screening programmes, delayed diagnoses, postponed or deferred treatments, and altered treatment. These altered patients' decision making and health-seeking behaviours.
conclusionCOVID-19 compounded the economic, social, and psychological impacts of cancer on patients owing to health system adjustments and reduction in economic activity. Identification of the impact of COVID-19 on cancer patients from a psychological, social, and economic perspective following the pandemic can inform the design of timely and appropriate interventions and supports, to deal with the backlog in cancer care and enhance recovery.
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