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Título: | Mental Health and Adherence to COVID-19 Protective Behaviors among Cancer Patients during the COVID-19 Pandemic: An International, Multinational Cross-Sectional Study |
Autor: | Kassianos, Angelos P. Georgiou, Alexandros Kyprianidou, Maria Lamnisos, Demetris Lubenko, Jelena Presti, Giovambattista Squatrito, Valeria Constantinou, Marios Nicolau, Christiana Papacostas, Savvas Aydin, Gökçen Chong, Yuen Yu CHIEN, Wai Tong Cheng, Ho Yu Ruiz, Francisco J. Garcia-Martin, Maria B. Obando, Diana Segura-Vargas, Miguel A. Vasiliou, Vasilis S. McHugh, Louise Anita Höfer, Stefan Baban, Adriana Neto, David Dias Silva, Ana Nunes Da Monestès, Jean-Louis Alvarez-Galvez, Javier Blarrina, Marisa Paez Montesinos, Francisco Valdivia Salas, María Sonsoles Ori, Dorottya Kleszcz, Bartosz Lappalainen, Raimo Ivanovic, Iva Gosar, David Dionne, Frederick Merwin, Rhonda M. Chatzittofis, Andreas Konstantinou, Evangelia Economidou, Sofia Gloster, Andrew T. Karekla, Maria CONSTANTINIDOU, ANASTASIA |
Palavras-chave: | Cancer patients Mental health Health behaviors Protection behaviors COVID-19 |
Data: | Dez-2021 |
Editora: | MDPI |
Citação: | Kassianos, A. P., Georgiou, A., Kyprianidou, M., Lamnisos, D., Ļubenko, J., Presti, G., Squatrito, V., Constantinou, M., Nicolau, C., Papacostas, S., Aydin, G., Chong, Y. Y., Chien, W. T., Cheng, H. Y., Ruiz, F. J., Garcia-Martin, M., Obando, D., Segura-Vargas, M. A., Vasiliou, V. S., . . . Constantinidou, A. (2021). Mental health and adherence to covid-19 protective behaviors among cancer patients during the covid-19 pandemic: An international, multinational cross-sectional study. Cancers, 13(24), 6294. https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers13246294 |
Resumo: | A population-based cross-sectional study was conducted during the first COVID-19 wave, to examine the impact of COVID-19 on mental health using an anonymous online survey, enrolling 9565 individuals in 78 countries. The current sub-study examined the impact of the pandemic and the associated lockdown measures on the mental health, and protective behaviors of cancer patients in comparison to non-cancer participants. Furthermore, 264 participants from 30 different countries reported being cancer patients. The median age was 51.5 years, 79.9% were female, and 28% had breast cancer. Cancer participants reported higher self-efficacy to follow recommended national guidelines regarding COVID-19 protective behaviors compared to non-cancer participants (p < 0.01). They were less stressed (p < 0.01), more psychologically flexible (p < 0.01), and had higher levels of positive affect compared to non-cancer participants. Amongst cancer participants, the majority (80.3%) reported COVID-19, not their cancer, as their priority during the first wave of the pandemic and females reported higher levels of stress compared to males. In conclusion, cancer participants appeared to have handled the unpredictable nature of the first wave of the pandemic efficiently, with a positive attitude towards an unknown and otherwise frightening situation. Larger, cancer population specific and longitudinal studies are warranted to ensure adequate medical and psychological care for cancer patients. |
Peer review: | yes |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10451/64199 |
DOI: | 10.3390/cancers13246294 |
ISSN: | 2072-6694 |
Versão do Editor: | https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/13/24/6294 |
Aparece nas colecções: | FP - Ciência Vitae |
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