Evidence map›Paper›PMID 36373034›Full record

ArticlePublic health in practice (Oxford, England)2022

SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence among cancer patients and household caregivers in a cancer hospital: Cross-sectional survey after the second COVID-19 wave in Thailand.

Teerapat Ungtrakul, Gaidganok Sornsamdang, Kamonwan Soonklang, Siriporn Saeloo, Kasiruck Wittayasak, Ornpreya Suptawiwat, Rojjanaporn Pulmanausahakul, Nanthida Phattraprayoon, Chirayu Auewarakul, Nithi Mahanonda

Open access · goldAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Public health in practice (Oxford, England), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 44% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Teerapat UngtrakulPrincess Srisavangavadhana College of Medicine, Chulabhorn Royal Academy, Bangkok, Thailand.
Gaidganok SornsamdangChulabhorn Hospital, Chulabhorn Royal Academy, Bangkok, Thailand.
Kamonwan SoonklangChulabhorn Learning and Research Center, Chulabhorn Royal Academy, Bangkok, Thailand.
Siriporn SaelooChulabhorn Learning and Research Center, Chulabhorn Royal Academy, Bangkok, Thailand.
Kasiruck WittayasakChulabhorn Learning and Research Center, Chulabhorn Royal Academy, Bangkok, Thailand.
Ornpreya SuptawiwatPrincess Srisavangavadhana College of Medicine, Chulabhorn Royal Academy, Bangkok, Thailand.
Rojjanaporn PulmanausahakulPrincess Srisavangavadhana College of Medicine, Chulabhorn Royal Academy, Bangkok, Thailand.
Nanthida PhattraprayoonPrincess Srisavangavadhana College of Medicine, Chulabhorn Royal Academy, Bangkok, Thailand.
Chirayu AuewarakulPrincess Srisavangavadhana College of Medicine, Chulabhorn Royal Academy, Bangkok, Thailand.
Nithi MahanondaChulabhorn Hospital, Chulabhorn Royal Academy, Bangkok, Thailand.
Chulabhorn Hospital · TH

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objectives: Patients with cancer may be at an increased risk of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection and experience more severe outcomes. Low vaccine coverage in the early phase of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic meant that personal and social measures to reduce viral spread were the only methods of lowering the risk of infection among cancer patients. This study explored the prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in cancer patients and caregivers in a cancer hospital after the second COVID-19 outbreak in Thailand. Study design: Cross-sectional study. Methods: A SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence cross-sectional survey was conducted among 200 cancer patients and 200 household caregivers in a tertiary cancer care hospital in Bangkok, Thailand. The survey took place between 4 March and May 31, 2021 - a time period covering the end of the second COVID-19 wave and the early phase of the third wave in Thailand. Results: Rigorous personal and social measures to reduce viral spread among cancer patients and caregivers lead to an extremely low prevalence of SARS-CoV2 infection (0% among cancer patients and 1% among household caregivers). Conclusion: This study demonstrates the importance of social distancing and personal hygiene measures for the prevention of SARS-CoV-2 infection, even when vaccine coverage is low.

Indexed as

CancerCOVID-19Household caregiverSARS-CoV-2SeroprevalenceThailand

Identifiers

PMID36373034
PMCPMC9637045
OpenAlexW4308740565

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC-ND
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.