がん治療における共有意思決定とコーピング:COVID-19パンデミック下での検討(CAN-DECIDE):混合研究法による調査
Rebecca A Aslakson1, Rachel Siden2, Laura M Holdsworth2
1Department of Anesthesiology, Larner College of Medicine at the University of Vermont, 111 Colchester Ave., West Pavilion 2-240, Burlington, VT, USA. Rebecca.Aslakson@uvmhealth.org.
BMC palliative care
|December 30, 2025
まとめ
がん患者とその家族はCOVID-19の混乱をうまく乗り越えたが、医療従事者はがん治療の提供方法の変更や面会制限により、大きなストレスと道徳的苦痛に直面した。
科学分野:
- 腫瘍学
- 緩和ケア
- 公衆衛生
背景:
- COVID-19パンデミックは、がん治療の提供と患者の経験に大きな影響を与えた。
- 患者、家族、臨床医に対する多面的なストレス要因の理解が不可欠であった。
研究 の 目的:
- COVID関連のストレスががん患者、家族、医療従事者に与える影響とその要因を明らかにすること。
- パンデミック中の癌治療の変化を探求すること。
主な方法:
- がん患者、家族介護者、がんおよび緩和ケアの医療従事者を対象とした混合研究法を実施した。
- パンデミック中の特定の期間に、調査および詳細なインタビューを含むデータ収集を行った。
主要な成果:
- 患者と介護者はケアに満足しており、パンデミック関連の変化に気づいていないことが多く、生活の質はCOVIDの急増と直接関連していなかった。医療従事者は、ケア提供の重大な混乱、不安、疲労、道徳的苦痛を報告しており、面会制限はケアに悪影響を及ぼしていた。すべての参加グループが、面会制限がケア提供に与える悪影響を認識していた。
結論:
- がん患者はパンデミック関連の混乱によく対処したが、臨床医はかなりのストレスを経験した。
- 本研究結果は、がんケア機関における災害準備と方針策定の改善の必要性を強調している。
- 医療従事者の幸福に対処し、制限の影響を軽減することは、腫瘍学における将来のパンデミック対応にとって極めて重要である。
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