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Behaviors, perceptions, and impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and vaccination on oncology patients in New Mexico with substantial representation of racial minorities and rural residents.

S Sasankan, D Gathers, A Bellerose, V S Pankratz, B Tawfik

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S SasankanDepartment of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology and Oncology, Billings Clinic Cancer Center, 801 N 29th St, Billings, MT 59101, United States. Electronic address: ssasankan@billingsclinic.org.
D GathersDepartment of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology and Oncology, Duke University Health System, 2301 Erwin Road, Durham, NC 27710, United States. Electronic address: diamone.gathers@duke.edu.
A BelleroseThe Hormel Institute, University of Minnesota, 801 16th Ave NE, Austin, MN 55912, United States. Electronic address: avab@umn.edu.
V S PankratzDepartment of Internal Medicine, Division of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Preventative Medicine, University of New Mexico, 915 Camino de Salud NE, Albuquerque, Albuquerque, NM 87106, United States. Electronic address: vpankratz@salud.unm.edu.
B TawfikDepartment of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology and Oncology, University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center, 1201 Camino de Salud NE, Albuquerque, NM 87102, United States. Electronic address: btawfik@salud.unm.edu.

Funding

WOMEN'S CANCERS RESEARCH PROGRAMP30CA118100 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIS CTR · PI Yolanda Sanchez · 2005 to 2026
$57.1M
Cancer Research - Scholarship and Training Experience's in Population Sciences" (C-STEPS)R25CA247677 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIS CTR · PI ADSUL, PRAJAKTA, GILLETTE, JENNIFER · 2020 to 2024
$778k
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA118100NCI NIH HHS R25 CA247677
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionThe COVID-19 pandemic has affected all sectors of life. This study helps us better understand the perceptions and practices related to the COVID-19 pandemic in the oncology patient population of New Mexico. It also explores patient knowledge regarding safe practices and perceptions regarding vaccination.

methodsThe data for this cross-sectional survey study was collected from July 20, 2021 to September 6, 2021.

resultsThere were no significant differences noted in the incidence of COVID-19 infection based on race, comorbidities, or modality of treatment regardless of vaccination status. During the first peak of COVID-19 (Nov 2020 - Jan 2021), most participants followed strict safety precautions (54.2 %), fewer maintained these practices in the months prior to data collection (32.5 %) (Jul 2021 - Aug 2021). Among the participants who had declined vaccination against COVID-19, there were no significant differences based on race, comorbidities or treatment. Those oncology patients receiving treatments at the infusion center were much less vaccine hesitant (8.3 %) compared to those who were not (18.3 %). The odds of COVID-19 infection among patients that were vaccinated was 0.27 times lower than that of unvaccinated patients (95 % CI, 0.12 to 0.63; p 0.001). Vaccine-hesitant respondents reported long-term safety data (n = 11, 24.4 %) and physician recommendations (n = 10, 22.2 %) were likely to change their minds, but the most common response was that "nothing" would change their mind (n = 16, 35.6 %).

conclusionThe pandemic is a dynamic landscape and physicians need to keep up to date with current guidelines and continue to have conversations with patients regarding strict safety precautions. Having an open discussion with patients regarding vaccine recommendations may help with decreasing vaccine hesitancy.

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COVID-19COVID-19 VaccinesHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeNeoplasmsVaccinationAdultAgedCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedMinority GroupsNew MexicoRural PopulationSARS-CoV-2COVID-19 VaccinesCancerCOVID-19MisinformationPandemic behaviorsRacial minorityVaccine

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PMCPMC12951894

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