COVID-19's Impact on Cancer Care: Increased Emotional Stress in Patients and High Risk of Provider Burnout.
Omid SalehiSylvia V AlarconEduardo A VegaOnur C KutluOlga KozyrevaJennifer A ChanVera KazakovaDominique HarzClaudius ConradPublished in: Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract (2021)
While patients had more difficulty coping with their cancer, they did not perceive significant differences in their actual treatment. This suggests the need for a renewed focus on patients coping with cancer. Among providers, physicians more than any other provider group had a strong negative perception of COVID-19's impact on healthcare, suggesting the need for novel approaches to target physician burnout.