Endorsement of COVID-19 related misinformation among cancer survivors
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14310%2F22%3A00125944" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14310/22:00125944 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0738399121003578?via%3Dihub" target="_blank" >https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0738399121003578?via%3Dihub</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2021.05.026" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.pec.2021.05.026</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Endorsement of COVID-19 related misinformation among cancer survivors
Original language description
Objectives: To determine whether cancer survivors currently in treatment are more or less likely to endorse COVID-19 related misinformation compared to their counterparts no longer in treatment and those without a cancer history. Methods: We conducted a Qualtrics survey among 897 adults to determine differences in endorsement of COVID-19 misinformation among cancer survivors in active treatment, cancer survivors no longer in treatment, and a control group with no cancer history. Results: Cancer survivors currently undergoing treatment were more likely to believe misinformation related to COVID-19 than those without a cancer history. Least likely to endorse COVID-19 misinformation were cancer survivor no longer in treatment. Conclusion: These results alert healthcare professionals to overall high levels of endorsement of COVID-19 misinformation among cancer survivors on active treatment. Oncologists and other providers working with patients undergoing treatment for cancer should be particularly mindful of the potential elevated beliefs in misinformation among this group. Practical implications: Since patients undergoing cancer treatment seem to be particularly vulnerable to COVID-19 misinformation, oncologists and other healthcare providers working with this patient population should help address patients' concerns about the pandemic and how it relates to their course of treatment.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
30304 - Public and environmental health
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2022
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
PATIENT EDUCATION AND COUNSELING
ISSN
0738-3991
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
105
Issue of the periodical within the volume
2
Country of publishing house
IE - IRELAND
Number of pages
4
Pages from-to
265-268
UT code for WoS article
000751467200002
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85106560836