Childhood cancer survivorship care during the COVID-19 pandemic: an international report of practice implications and provider concerns

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/00216224:14110/22:00128853

Result on the web

<a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11764-021-01120-9#Ack1" target="_blank" >https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11764-021-01120-9#Ack1</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11764-021-01120-9" target="_blank" >10.1007/s11764-021-01120-9</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Childhood cancer survivorship care during the COVID-19 pandemic: an international report of practice implications and provider concerns

Original language description

Purpose Long-term follow-up (LTFU) care is essential to optimise health outcomes in childhood cancer survivors (CCS). We aimed to assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on LTFU services and providers. Methods A COVID-19 working group within the International Late Effects of Childhood Cancer Guideline Harmonization Group (IGHG) distributed a questionnaire to LTFU service providers in 37 countries across Europe, Asia, North America, Central/South America, and Australia. The questionnaire assessed how care delivery methods changed during the pandemic and respondents&apos; level of worry about the pandemic&apos;s impact on LTFU care delivery, their finances, their health, and that of their family and friends. Results Among 226 institutions, providers from 178 (79%) responded. Shortly after the initial outbreak, 42% of LTFU clinics closed. Restrictions during the pandemic resulted in fewer in-person consultations and an increased use of telemedicine, telephone, and email consultations. The use of a risk assessment to prioritise the method of LTFU consultation for individual CCS increased from 12 to 47%. While respondents anticipated in-person consultations to remain the primary method for LTFU service delivery, they expected significantly increased use of telemedicine and telephone consultations after the pandemic. On average, respondents reported highest levels of worry about psychosocial well-being of survivors. Conclusions The pandemic necessitated changes in LTFU service delivery, including greater use of virtual LTFU care and risk-stratification to identify CCS that need in-person evaluations. Implications for Cancer Survivors Increased utilisation of virtual LTFU care and risk stratification is likely to persist post-pandemic.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30204 - Oncology

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2022

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Journal of Cancer Survivorship

ISSN

1932-2259

e-ISSN

1932-2267

Volume of the periodical

16

Issue of the periodical within the volume

6

Country of publishing house

US - UNITED STATES

Number of pages

11

Pages from-to

1390-1400

UT code for WoS article

000741863000001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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