Comment on "pathways to psychological wellbeing for patients with bladder cancer and their partners-in-care" and contextualization in the COVID-19 pandemic

Eur J Oncol Nurs. 2020 Oct:48:101821. doi: 10.1016/j.ejon.2020.101821. Epub 2020 Aug 5.

¹ Health Professions Research and Development Unit, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, San Donato Milanese, Milan, Italy. Electronic address: rosario.caruso@grupposandonato.it.
² Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy.
³ Department of Medicine and Psychology, Sapienza University, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185, Rome, Italy.
⁴ Associazione Italiana Degli Infermieri di Area Oncologica (AIIAO), European Institute of Oncology, Via Ripamonti 435, Milan, Italy.

Abstract

•Psychological well-being of cancer patients can be jeopardized by the challenges derived from the COVID-19 pandemic.
•Cancer nurses are at the frontline in managing patients care between in-hospital services and home-based cancer management.
•Nurses could assess cancer patients’ psychological need and identify pathways to improve psychological well-being to ensure continuity of care.
•Patients with cancer may require greater psychological support when self-isolated.

Keywords: COVID-19; Nursing; Psychological well-being.