Comparison of the sociodemographic and clinical profiles of cancer patients admitted to a tertiary palliative care unit before and during the COVID-19 pandemic
Ethnicity, nutritional risk, previous radiotherapy, and type of tumor were associated with advanced cancer during the COVID-19 pandemic. It is unclear what impacts the COVID-19 pandemic had on palliative care. This study presented findings based on one tertiary palliative care facility for patients with cancer. Give the limited literature on the subject, our comparative analysis of data serves as a starting point for a debate on this subject. More studies of a similar nature are needed to enable future comparisons and assist planning for other pandemics.
Authors
- Karla Santos da Costa Rosa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0951-8725)
- Ben Y. Reis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9908-5523)
- Simone Garruth dos Santos Machado Sampaio (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5537-7399)
- Lívia Costa de Oliveira (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5052-1846)
- Gisele O’Dwyer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0222-1205)
- Valeria Teresa Saraiva Lino
Institutions
- Universidade Federal de Pelotas (BR)
- Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública (BR)
- Instituto Nacional de Câncer - INCA (BR)
- Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (BR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Palliative Care
- Published
- 2025-01-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12904-025-01663-z
- Primary Topic
- COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sérgio Arouca
- Fundação Oswaldo Cruz