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Global Health Econ Sustain COVID-19 pandemic and quality of life of cancer patients

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Conclusion The importance of psychosocial support for patients with cancer The addition of central systems for referencing delays in health-care services can be beneficial for patients The pandemic may increase anxiety and depression in patients with cancer. This can cause patients to experience delays in treatment due to concerns about infection The pandemic did not affect, in general, the standard of living of patients. It is,

Statistics show a significant relationship between lockdown and PTSD The majority of patients had borderline or abnormal symptoms of anxiety and Depression and anxiety levels in cancer patients increased during the pandemic, and this increase was positively associated with the interruption of therapy Concern about exacerbation of cancer, elevated levels of anxiety, and depression Lung cancer patients were more afraid of cance

Result symptomatology depression the pandemic surgery

IES-R, FACT-G, FACT-Cog, and ISI HADS and PSS BDI and BAI FCRI-SF, PSQI, and FACT-G HADS, CWS, and an ongoing intervention study

Tool SAS9.4 SPSS. SF-36. Data from

1,310 patients with solid or hematological 595 patients with cancer breast, ovaries, colon, and stomach 156 lung cancer 25 patients suffering from oral cancer

Sample cancers 14 patients 50 women patients 555 women. 50 patients.

Year 2020 2020 2021 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020

Country France Eastern Canada Turkey USA Italy 41 U.S. states Italy Sri Lanka

Study design Prospective study Cross-sectional study Comparative study Cross-sectional study Qualitative research Research Quantitative research Situation analysis (SWOT)

Table 2. Summary of research studies Topic Estimation of the percentage of cancer patients who had PTSD symptomatology during the first lockdown Investigation of Forner et al., psychosocial distress associated with waiting for cancer surgery during the pandemic Identifying the impact of Yildirim et al., the pandemic on stress- related treatment delays and depression in cancer patients Assessment of the Soriano et al., psychoso

Greco et al.,
Joly et al.,
et al.,2020
Study
2021
2021

Volume 2 Issue 2 (2024) 2021 2021 2021 7 2020 Frey et al., 2020 https://doi.org/10.36922/ghes.2636