The Psychosocial Implications on Cancer Patients: The Hidden Collateral of the War on Coronavirus Disease 2019.
The Psychosocial Implications on Cancer Patients: The Hidden Collateral of the War on Coronavirus Disease 2019.
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DOI：
10.4103/ijpc.ijpc_203_20
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发表时间：
2020-06
影响因子：
1.1
通讯作者：
Gulia A
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作者：
Ballal DS;Gulia S;Gulia A
2019年冠状病毒大流行已经演变成一场前所未有的大流行。鉴于这种病原体在世界范围内造成的严重破坏，许多国家采取了一种极端的、合法执行的社会疏远方法，即封锁。除非采取适当的预防措施，否则大流行和随之而来的封锁的代价可能被证明是无法弥补的。这一封锁的明显影响，如失业水平不断上升，经济即将崩溃，以及突然失业的外来劳动力人口面临严重的粮食短缺，已经得到了广泛的报道。即使在非大流行时期，癌症患者也是一个特别脆弱的群体，往往出现在疾病病程较晚的时候，没有必要的资源来利用推荐的治疗。精神并发症和精神痛苦的患病率明显高于普通人群，大流行和随后的封锁造成的创伤大大增加了他们的精神创伤。这篇综述的目的是解决癌症患者在面对这场大流行和随后的封锁时面临的问题，并对可以实施的可能解决方案一瞥。
The coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic has evolved into a pandemic of unheard proportions. Given the havoc wreaked by this pathogen worldwide, many countries have adopted an extreme, legally enforced method of social distancing, in the form of a lockdown. Unless appropriate preventive steps are taken, the cost of the pandemic and ensuing lockdown may prove to be irreparable. The evident implications of this lockdown, such as the escalating levels of unemployment, impending economic collapse, and severe food shortage faced by the sudden unemployed migrant labor population, have been widely reported. Cancer patients are a particularly vulnerable group even during nonpandemic times, often presenting late in the course of their disease, without the resources needed to avail recommended treatment. The prevalence of psychiatric complications and emotional distress is significantly higher than in the general population, and the trauma of both the pandemic and subsequent lockdown adds significantly to their mental trauma. This review is aimed toward addressing the problems faced by cancer patients in the face of this pandemic and subsequent lockdown, with a glimpse into possible solutions that can be implemented.