1. Make Self-help Psychoeducational Programs for Breast Cancer Patients COVID-19 Proof
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Hari Setyowibowo, Fransisca D. Badudu, Jan Passchier, Whisnu Yudiana, Aulia Iskandarsyah, Joke A. M. Hunfeld, Drajat R. Suardi, Sawitri S. Sadarjoen, and Yusuf Heriady
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Coping (psychology) ,Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) ,business.industry ,General Medicine ,Disease ,medicine.disease ,Self-help ,Breast cancer ,Family medicine ,Health care ,Pandemic ,medicine ,business - Abstract
The Covid-19 pandemic has significant consequences for the many self-help psychoeducational programs for patients with cancer (symptoms), especially in Low-Middle-Income Countries. We recommend several measures to adapt these programs to the COVID-19 era, such as the use of mobile versions, the addition of preventive measures to be taken by health care providers and patients concerning a hospital visit and the inclusion of psychological advice for coping with COVID-19 related stress. In this way, the double task of preventing the (progression of the) target disease and a contamination by COVID-19 might be optimally fulfilled.
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- 2020
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