Communication transforms the impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on children with cancer and their families
Abstract Background The COVID‐19 pandemic altered healthcare systems globally, causing delays in care delivery and increased anxiety among patients and families. This study examined how hospital stakeholders and clinicians perceived the global impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on children with cancer...
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| author | Gia Ferrara Molly Aguina Emily Mirochnick Parima Wiphatphumiprates Daniel C. Moreira Elizabeth Sniderman César A. Villegas Erica C. Kaye Iman Ragab Biemba Maliti Gita Naidu Pascale Y. Gassant Daniela Arce Ramandeep Singh Arora Ana Patricia Alcasabas Muhammad Rafie Raza Pablo Velasco Joyce Kambugu Anna Vinitsky Carlos Rodriguez Galindo Asya Agulnik Dylan E. Graetz and the COVIMPACT study group |
| author_facet | Gia Ferrara Molly Aguina Emily Mirochnick Parima Wiphatphumiprates Daniel C. Moreira Elizabeth Sniderman César A. Villegas Erica C. Kaye Iman Ragab Biemba Maliti Gita Naidu Pascale Y. Gassant Daniela Arce Ramandeep Singh Arora Ana Patricia Alcasabas Muhammad Rafie Raza Pablo Velasco Joyce Kambugu Anna Vinitsky Carlos Rodriguez Galindo Asya Agulnik Dylan E. Graetz and the COVIMPACT study group |
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| description | Abstract Background The COVID‐19 pandemic altered healthcare systems globally, causing delays in care delivery and increased anxiety among patients and families. This study examined how hospital stakeholders and clinicians perceived the global impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on children with cancer and their families. Methods This secondary analysis examined data from a qualitative study consisting of 19 focus groups conducted in 8 languages throughout 16 countries. A codebook was developed with novel codes derived inductively from transcript review. In‐depth analysis focused on the impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on children with cancer and their families. Results Eight themes describing the impact of the pandemic on patients and their families were identified and classified into three domains: contributing factors (COVID‐19 Policies, Cancer Treatment Modifications, COVID‐19 Symptoms, Beliefs), patient‐related impacts (Quality of Care, Psychosocial impacts, Treatment Reluctance), and the central transformer (Communication). Participants described the ability of communication to transform the effect of contributing factors on patient‐related impacts. The valence of impacts depended on the quality and quantity of communication among clinicians and between clinicians and patients and families. Conclusions Communication served as the central factor impacting whether the COVID‐19 pandemic positively or negatively affected children with cancer and families. These findings emphasize the key role communication plays in delivering patient‐centered care and can guide future development of communication‐centered interventions globally. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4ca521f3f0c34644aa7f786a6f3bd9992023-06-19T12:03:52ZengWileyCancer Medicine2045-76342023-06-011211128131282610.1002/cam4.5950Communication transforms the impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on children with cancer and their familiesGia Ferrara0Molly Aguina1Emily Mirochnick2Parima Wiphatphumiprates3Daniel C. Moreira4Elizabeth Sniderman5César A. Villegas6Erica C. Kaye7Iman Ragab8Biemba Maliti9Gita Naidu10Pascale Y. Gassant11Daniela Arce12Ramandeep Singh Arora13Ana Patricia Alcasabas14Muhammad Rafie Raza15Pablo Velasco16Joyce Kambugu17Anna Vinitsky18Carlos Rodriguez Galindo19Asya Agulnik20Dylan E. Graetz21and the COVIMPACT study groupSt. Jude Children's Research Hospital Memphis Tennessee USAPrinceton University Princeton New Jersey USAThe Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science North Chicago Illinois USARhodes College Memphis Tennessee USASt. Jude Children's Research Hospital Memphis Tennessee USANorthern Alberta Children's Cancer Program Stollery Children's Hospital Edmonton Alberta CanadaSt. Jude Children's Research Hospital Memphis Tennessee USASt. Jude Children's Research Hospital Memphis Tennessee USAAin Shams University, Children's Hospital, Hematology‐Oncology Unit Cairo EgyptCancer Diseases Hospital Lusaka ZambiaChris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg South AfricaHospital Saint‐Damien Port‐au‐Prince HaitiHospital Pediátrico de Sinaloa Culiacan MexicoMax Super Specialty Hospital New Delhi IndiaUniversity of the Philippines Philippine General Hospital Manila PhilippinesThe Indus Hospital Karachi PakistanPediatric Oncology and Hematology Department Vall d'Hebron Hospital Barcelona SpainUganda Cancer Institute Kampala UgandaSt. Jude Children's Research Hospital Memphis Tennessee USASt. Jude Children's Research Hospital Memphis Tennessee USASt. Jude Children's Research Hospital Memphis Tennessee USASt. Jude Children's Research Hospital Memphis Tennessee USAAbstract Background The COVID‐19 pandemic altered healthcare systems globally, causing delays in care delivery and increased anxiety among patients and families. This study examined how hospital stakeholders and clinicians perceived the global impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on children with cancer and their families. Methods This secondary analysis examined data from a qualitative study consisting of 19 focus groups conducted in 8 languages throughout 16 countries. A codebook was developed with novel codes derived inductively from transcript review. In‐depth analysis focused on the impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on children with cancer and their families. Results Eight themes describing the impact of the pandemic on patients and their families were identified and classified into three domains: contributing factors (COVID‐19 Policies, Cancer Treatment Modifications, COVID‐19 Symptoms, Beliefs), patient‐related impacts (Quality of Care, Psychosocial impacts, Treatment Reluctance), and the central transformer (Communication). Participants described the ability of communication to transform the effect of contributing factors on patient‐related impacts. The valence of impacts depended on the quality and quantity of communication among clinicians and between clinicians and patients and families. Conclusions Communication served as the central factor impacting whether the COVID‐19 pandemic positively or negatively affected children with cancer and families. These findings emphasize the key role communication plays in delivering patient‐centered care and can guide future development of communication‐centered interventions globally.https://doi.org/10.1002/cam4.5950clinical cancer researchpediatric cancerpsychosocial studiesquality of life |
| spellingShingle | Gia Ferrara Molly Aguina Emily Mirochnick Parima Wiphatphumiprates Daniel C. Moreira Elizabeth Sniderman César A. Villegas Erica C. Kaye Iman Ragab Biemba Maliti Gita Naidu Pascale Y. Gassant Daniela Arce Ramandeep Singh Arora Ana Patricia Alcasabas Muhammad Rafie Raza Pablo Velasco Joyce Kambugu Anna Vinitsky Carlos Rodriguez Galindo Asya Agulnik Dylan E. Graetz and the COVIMPACT study group Communication transforms the impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on children with cancer and their families Cancer Medicine clinical cancer research pediatric cancer psychosocial studies quality of life |
| title | Communication transforms the impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on children with cancer and their families |
| title_full | Communication transforms the impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on children with cancer and their families |
| title_fullStr | Communication transforms the impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on children with cancer and their families |
| title_full_unstemmed | Communication transforms the impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on children with cancer and their families |
| title_short | Communication transforms the impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on children with cancer and their families |
| title_sort | communication transforms the impact of the covid 19 pandemic on children with cancer and their families |
| topic | clinical cancer research pediatric cancer psychosocial studies quality of life |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1002/cam4.5950 |
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