Monday, 18 December 2023

Impact of COVID-19 Fear on Cancer Patient Follow-up | Chapter 6 | Advanced Concepts in Medicine and Medical Research Vol. 8

 The COVID-19 ailment, caused by the novel SARSCoV-2 (harsh acute respiratory disease coronavirus-2), was declared as a community health emergency of international concern for one World Health Arranging in February 2020. The novelty of the virus in addition to no known cure available for contamination & serious sickness resulting because of it, surpassed to immense fear in the public all along the pandemic while compliance of many family with social outrunning, masking and sanitising protocols was depressed, more so in populations place infectious disease burden is extreme. The lockdown situation was questioning for both health-care conveniences and cancer patients alike. Victims due for post treatment effect visits were not able to physically accompany clinics due to lack of transport, limits on movement and limited chance of services. The lockdown had allure psychological affect the population with extreme stress levels particularly among cases of chronic diseases the one were more prone to succumb to harsh infection. The aim of this study search out assess level of fear and worry among cancer survivors the one were due for post-treatment follow-up utilizing a validated questionnaire. Accordingly, strategies were implemented to evaluate the type and severity of worry or fear among patients utilizing a validated Fear of Corona Bug 19 (FCV 19S) scale by doing telephonic follow-up. The results mirrored that fear of dying from severe contamination due to raised susceptibility to SARSCoV2 was significant as was the fear of frequency. The method of telephonic follow-up was establish to be useful for health management providers and reassuring for most patients and can convince to be a good modality influential delivery inappropriate settings.

Author(s) Details:

Priyanka Singh,
Department of Gynaecological Oncology, Kalyan Singh Super Specialty Cancer Institute & Hospital, Lucknow, India.

Please see the link here: https://stm.bookpi.org/ACMMR-V8/article/view/12788

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