Cancer staff in an NHS cancer center: infections, vaccination, stress and well-being support during the COVID-19 pandemic

Hajer Hadi; Jasmine Handford; Beth Russell; Charlotte L. Moss; Maria J. Monroy Iglesias; Elke Rammant; Sue Smith; Saoirse Dolly; Kiruthikah Thillai; Anne Rigg; Mieke Van Hemelrijck

doi:10.2217/fon-2022-0071

Cancer staff in an NHS cancer center: infections, vaccination, stress and well-being support during the COVID-19 pandemic

Hajer Hadi^*, Jasmine Handford, Beth Russell, Charlotte L. Moss, Maria J. Monroy Iglesias, Elke Rammant, Sue Smith, Saoirse Dolly, Kiruthikah Thillai, Anne Rigg, Mieke Van Hemelrijck

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Aim: To evaluate the impact of the pandemic on the well-being of cancer staff and determine the uptake of opt-in mitigation strategies. Materials & methods: Staff at Guy's Cancer Centre (London, UK) participated in an anonymized survey between May and August 2021. Results: Of 1182 staff, 257 (21.7%) participated. Ethnicity (p = 0.020) and comorbidity burden (p = 0.022) were associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection status. Of 199 respondents, seven (3.6%) were vaccine-hesitant, which was associated with low flu vaccine uptake (p < 0.001). Greater stress was associated with younger age (p = 0.030) and redeployment (p = 0.012). Lack of time and skepticism were barriers to using mental well-being resources. Conclusion: Albeit cautious, numerous trends the authors observed echo those in the published literature. Improved accessibility, awareness and utility of mental well-being resources are required.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2201-2216
Number of pages	16
Journal	Future Oncology
Volume	18
Issue number	18
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2217/fon-2022-0071
Publication status	Published - Jun 2022

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cancer staff
COVID-19 pandemic
mental well-being
mitigation strategy
physical well-being
SARS-CoV-2 infection
survey
vaccine-hesitant

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Cancer staff in an NHS cancer center: infections, vaccination, stress and well-being support during the COVID-19 pandemic

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