Corporate Nursing, 9744Barts Health NHS Trust, London, UK of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
J Oncol Pharm Pract. 2023 Mar;29(2):283-289. doi: 10.1177/10781552211066891. Epub 2021 Dec 14.
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the care of many cancer patients in a variety of ways. This study was conducted to understand the experience cancer patients have had during the pandemic.
Cancer patients who were under the care of the Trust between September 2020 - January 2021 were invited to take part in a survey sent through as a text message.
A total of 600 patients were sent a text message with a link to an online survey. There were 82 patients who responded. The data has been divided into three themes of information provision and safety around COVID-19, impact on cancer care and feeling supported by staff.
It was encouraging to see that patients felt safe coming into the hospitals if it was required and they received appropriate information about changes to their care and how to protect themselves against COVID-19. Most patients stated that the pandemic had not influenced their cancer care. Of those that did experience delays most were understanding of this. There was a mixture of responses in terms of patients feeling supported by staff, most inpatients did feel supported and 75% of patients were able to contact their specialist nurse.
COVID-19 大流行以多种方式影响了许多癌症患者的治疗。本研究旨在了解癌症患者在大流行期间的经历。
邀请在 2020 年 9 月至 2021 年 1 月期间由信托机构照顾的癌症患者参加通过短信发送的调查。
共有 600 名患者收到了带有在线调查链接的短信。有 82 名患者做出了回应。数据已分为三个主题,分别是有关 COVID-19 的信息提供和安全性、对癌症治疗的影响以及员工的支持。
令人鼓舞的是,患者如果需要,可以安全地进入医院,并且他们收到了有关其护理变化以及如何预防 COVID-19 的适当信息。大多数患者表示,大流行并未影响他们的癌症治疗。那些确实经历了延迟的患者大多对此表示理解。患者对员工的支持程度不一,大多数住院患者感到支持,并且 75%的患者能够联系到他们的专科护士。