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Multicenter evaluation of breast cancer patients’ satisfaction and experience with oncology telemedicine visits during the COVID-19 pandemic
- Source :
- British Journal of Cancer
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Nature Publishing Group UK, 2021.
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Abstract
- s Introduction During the COVID-19 pandemic, teleconsultation was implemented in clinical practice to limit patient exposure to COVID-19 while monitoring their treatment and follow-up. We sought to examine the satisfaction of patients with breast cancer (BC) who underwent teleconsultations during this period. Methods Eighteen centres in France and Italy invited patients with BC who had at least one teleconsultation during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic to participate in a web-based survey that evaluated their satisfaction (EORTC OUT-PATSAT 35 and Telemedicine Satisfaction Questionnaire [TSQ] scores) with teleconsultation. Results Among the 1299 participants eligible for this analysis, 53% of participants were undergoing standard post-treatment follow-up while 22 and 17% were currently receiving active anticancer therapy for metastatic and localised cancers, respectively. The mean satisfaction scores were 77.4 and 73.3 for the EORTC OUT-PATSAT 35 and TSQ scores, respectively. In all, 52.6% of participants had low/no anxiety. Multivariable analysis showed that the EORTC OUT-PATSAT 35 score correlated to age, anxiety score and teleconsultation modality. The TSQ score correlated to disease status and anxiety score. Conclusion Patients with BC were satisfied with oncology teleconsultations during the COVID-19 pandemic. Teleconsultation may be an acceptable alternative follow-up modality in specific circumstances.
- Subjects :
- Oncology
Adult
Cancer Research
medicine.medical_specialty
Telemedicine
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
MEDLINE
Breast Neoplasms
Medical Oncology
Article
Breast cancer
Internal medicine
Surveys and Questionnaires
Pandemic
medicine
Humans
Pandemics
Cancer
Aged
business.industry
Remote Consultation
COVID-19
Satisfaction questionnaire
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
Italy
Patient Satisfaction
Anxiety score
Anxiety
Female
France
medicine.symptom
business
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 15321827 and 00070920
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- British Journal of Cancer
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....e38f92276e83642edcb48277dcffcd84