Selvaraja Vinodh Kumar, Gudipudib Deleep Kumar
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2507-8328.
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3447-4725.
Ecancermedicalscience. 2021 Jan 7;15:1165. doi: 10.3332/ecancer.2021.1165. eCollection 2021.
COVID-19 has affected the lives of every medical professional including oncologists. The goal of this survey was to evaluate the impact of COVID-19 on the work routine, psychological state and radiotherapy practice of radiation oncologists.
An anonymous survey consisting of 23 questions regarding the lives of radiation oncologists during the COVID-19 pandemic was distributed online via social media from July 14 to July 21, 2020. Statistical analysis was performed with Statistical Package for the Social Sciences 18.0 software and basic descriptive statistics were applied.
A total of 82 radiation oncologists responded to the survey. The majority were professors (28/82; 34.1%) and residents (28/82; 34.1%) and <50 years old (70/82; 85.4%). Cancer screening programs (57/62; 91.9%) and number of new cases reduced (44/82; 53.7%) in many institutes. Follow-up was still done in-person by 73.2% respondents. 35/82 (42.7%) respondents were satisfied about their safety during COVID-19, at the same time 36/82 (43.9%) were worried about the patient's safety. The fear of contracting COVID-19 (57/82; 69.5%) and infecting their families (64/82; 78%) was high. Physical presence during case implementation (59/82; 72%) and daily setup verification (60/82; 73.2%) remained the same during COVID-19. Half of the respondents adopted new fractionation schedules, commonly in breast and palliative cases. Time spent on research had reduced by 62.2%. Only 41.4% respondents were satisfied with the patient care provided by them during the COVID-19 pandemic.
COVID-19 has significantly altered the work routine, radiotherapy practice and mental state of radiation oncologists.
新型冠状病毒肺炎（COVID-19）已经影响了包括肿瘤学家在内的每一位医学专业人员的生活。本次调查的目的是评估COVID-19对放射肿瘤学家的工作日常、心理状态和放射治疗实践的影响。
2020年7月14日至7月21日，通过社交媒体在线发放了一份包含23个关于COVID-19大流行期间放射肿瘤学家生活问题的匿名调查问卷。使用社会科学统计软件包18.0软件进行统计分析，并应用基本描述性统计方法。
共有82名放射肿瘤学家回复了调查问卷。大多数是教授（28/82；34.1%）和住院医师（28/82；34.1%），年龄小于50岁（70/82；85.4%）。许多机构的癌症筛查项目（57/62；91.9%）和新病例数量减少（44/82；53.7%）。73.2%的受访者仍采用面对面随访。35/82（42.7%）的受访者对其在COVID-19期间的安全感到满意，同时36/82（43.9%）的受访者担心患者的安全。感染COVID-19的恐惧（57/82；69.5%）和感染家人的恐惧（64/82；78%）很高。在COVID-19期间，病例实施过程中的现场参与（59/82；72%）和每日摆位验证（60/82；73.2%）保持不变。一半的受访者采用了新的分割方案，常见于乳腺癌和姑息治疗病例。用于研究的时间减少了62.2%。只有41.4%的受访者对他们在COVID-19大流行期间提供的患者护理感到满意。
COVID-19显著改变了放射肿瘤学家的工作日常、放射治疗实践和心理状态。
