Cancer nursing · 2022
"A Different Normal": Living With Cancer During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Australia.
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Kerr Lucille, Ilangakoon Chanika, Russo Philip
Аннотация
BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 pandemic has seen mass disruptions to healthcare globally. People with cancer are in a vulnerable position, and treatment teams may be anxious in making decisions that try to balance risks associated with malignant disease with those of potential exposure to COVID-19. In addition, palliative care is likely to have experienced significant burdens during the pandemic. As a result of COVID-19 disturbances, people with cancer and their caregivers may have increased stressors and therefore poor outcomes.
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to explore the experiences of people with cancer and their caregivers during the COVID-19 pandemic, with the aim to inform future oncology practice during infectious crises.
METHODS: This qualitative study had 2 stages. Stage 1 involved key informant interviews (n = 16) conducted with healthcare professionals working in cancer care. These were used to inform the stage 2 interview guide for participants who had cancer or were caregivers of someone with cancer (n = 19). Data were thematically analyzed using NVivo.
RESULTS: Five interconnected themes were identified from the interviews: uncertainty and vulnerability, constraints and restrictions, isolation and disconnection, burdens and stressors, and adaptability and resilience. Across themes, complexity and diversity in experience were demonstrated.
CONCLUSIONS: The findings suggest cancer concerns outweigh those associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. Many difficulties experienced by healthcare professionals and people with cancer during the COVID-19 pandemic were related to social isolation.
IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE: Provision of psychosocial and spiritual telehealth services should be increased. It is important during times of crisis to pay attention to those who are most vulnerable.
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to explore the experiences of people with cancer and their caregivers during the COVID-19 pandemic, with the aim to inform future oncology practice during infectious crises.
METHODS: This qualitative study had 2 stages. Stage 1 involved key informant interviews (n = 16) conducted with healthcare professionals working in cancer care. These were used to inform the stage 2 interview guide for participants who had cancer or were caregivers of someone with cancer (n = 19). Data were thematically analyzed using NVivo.
RESULTS: Five interconnected themes were identified from the interviews: uncertainty and vulnerability, constraints and restrictions, isolation and disconnection, burdens and stressors, and adaptability and resilience. Across themes, complexity and diversity in experience were demonstrated.
CONCLUSIONS: The findings suggest cancer concerns outweigh those associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. Many difficulties experienced by healthcare professionals and people with cancer during the COVID-19 pandemic were related to social isolation.
IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE: Provision of psychosocial and spiritual telehealth services should be increased. It is important during times of crisis to pay attention to those who are most vulnerable.