Publication: QUALITY OF LIFE AND COVID-19 PHOBIA OF CANCER PATIENTS RECEIVING CHEMOTHERAPY IN A STATE HOSPITAL DURING PANDEMIC: CROSS SECTIONAL STUDY
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2022-01-01
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Objective: COVID-19 pandemic has become a global public health problem and led to phobia among people. There is also no doubt that the COVID-19 pandemic had a great impact on the quality of people\"s lives. The goal of this study was to assess the factors that might be affecting the quality of life and COVID-19 phobia of the cancer patients receiving chemotherapy. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted between November 2021 and April 2022 in an outpatient chemotherapy unit within a state hospital in Istanbul. Participants\" data was gathered by a questionnaire that had 3 components: participants\" characteristics, the COVID-19 phobia scale, and the WHOQOL-BREF scale. Results: The results showed that perceived economic status, education level, having comorbidities, having a caregiver and who is the caregiver had an impact on the Quality of Life, and people who have an acquaintance who died due to COVID-19 had higher COVID-19 phobia total score. Furthermore, it was seen that as the age or COVID-19 phobia total score increased, each component of the Quality of Life score decreased. Conclusions: Quality of life and COVID-19 phobia of cancer patients were observed to be inversely proportional in chemotherapy receiving patients in a state hospital in Istanbul.
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Tıp, Dahili Tıp Bilimleri, İç Hastalıkları, Onkoloji, Sağlık Bilimleri, Medicine, Internal Medicine Sciences, Internal Diseases, Oncology, Health Sciences, ONKOLOJİ, Klinik Tıp, Klinik Tıp (MED), ONCOLOGY, CLINICAL MEDICINE, Clinical Medicine (MED), Cancer, Quality of life, COVID-19, Phobia.
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Hidiroglu S., Ataoglu B. N. , Pastirmacioglu E., Cakir G., Yorganci S., Ghachem A., "QUALITY OF LIFE AND COVID-19 PHOBIA OF CANCER PATIENTS RECEIVING CHEMOTHERAPY IN A STATE HOSPITAL DURING PANDEMIC: CROSS SECTIONAL STUDY", WORLD CANCER RESEARCH JOURNAL, cilt.9, 2022