Department of Dermatology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China.
National Clinical Research Center for Geriatric Disorders, Xiangya Hospital, Changsha, China.
Front Public Health. 2021 Feb 22;9:630620. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.630620. eCollection 2021.
The outbreak of coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) ineluctably caused social distancing and unemployment, which may bring additional health risks for patients with cancer. To investigate the association of the pandemic-related impacts with the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) among patients with melanoma during the COVID-19 pandemic, we conducted a cross-sectional study among Chinese patients with melanoma. A self-administered online questionnaire was distributed to melanoma patients through social media. Demographic and clinical data, and pandemic-related impacts (unemployment and income loss) were collected. HRQoL was determined by the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-General (FACT-G) and its disease-specific module (the melanoma subscale, MS). A total of 135 patients with melanoma completed the study. The mean age of the patients was 55.8 ± 14.2 years, 48.1% (65/135) were male, and 17.04% (34/135) were unemployed since the epidemic. Unemployment of the patients and their family members and income loss were significantly associated with a lower FACT-G score, while the MS score was associated with the unemployment of the patients' family members. Our findings suggested that unemployment is associated with impaired HRQoL in melanoma patients during the COVID-19 epidemic.
新型冠状病毒病-2019（COVID-19）的爆发不可避免地导致了社会隔离和失业，这可能给癌症患者带来额外的健康风险。为了研究与大流行相关的影响与 COVID-19 大流行期间黑色素瘤患者的健康相关生活质量（HRQoL）之间的关联，我们在中国黑色素瘤患者中进行了一项横断面研究。通过社交媒体向黑色素瘤患者分发了一份自我管理的在线问卷。收集了人口统计学和临床数据以及与大流行相关的影响（失业和收入损失）。HRQoL 由癌症治疗功能评估-一般（FACT-G）及其疾病特异性模块（黑色素瘤子量表，MS）确定。共有 135 名黑色素瘤患者完成了研究。患者的平均年龄为 55.8±14.2 岁，48.1%（65/135）为男性，17.04%（34/135）自疫情以来失业。患者及其家庭成员的失业和收入损失与 FACT-G 评分较低显著相关，而 MS 评分与患者家庭成员的失业相关。我们的研究结果表明，在 COVID-19 流行期间，失业与黑色素瘤患者的 HRQoL 受损有关。
