Assessment of psychological outcomes in cancer patients during COVID-19 pandemic
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: B972- Coronavirus as the cause of diseases classified elsewhereHealth Condition 2: D499- Neoplasm of unspecified behavior of unspecified site
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2020/12/029812
- Lead Sponsor
- Dr Jai Prakash Agarwal
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
All patients registered at TMC, who are either being planned for or presently on active oncological treatment under any of the Clinical Disease Management Groups (DMGs) at Tata Memorial centre (TMH + ACTREC)
1.COVID-non suspect group: From the target population, patients who have not been clinically suspected to have COVID-19 infection due to lack of symptoms, normal temperature record and no history of contact with COVID-19 positive case.
2.COVID-suspect group: From the target population, patients who have been suspected to have COVID-19 infection and have been subsequently referred to the designated fever OPD for evaluation and swab testing for COVID-19
1.Patients not willing for participation and giving consent
2.Patients unable to read/write in English, Hindi, Marathi or Bengali
3.Patients who are on routine follow-up without any active anti-cancer treatment
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To assess the emotional states of depression, anxiety and stress among cancer patients seeking treatment at TMCTimepoint: 1 year
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1.Influence of socio-demographic, financial, personal and COVID-19 related factors on the emotional states <br/ ><br>2.Study the difference in emotional states between COVID-suspects and COVID non-suspects <br/ ><br>3. To study the difference in the emotional states between COVID-positive group and COVID-negative group at first sampling. <br/ ><br>4.In the COVID-positive group, compare the emotional state following recovery from COVID-19 (post-recovery) with the baseline emotional state. <br/ ><br>Timepoint: 1 year