Official websites use. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites. Correspondence , Dylan E. Email: dylan. This secondary analysis examined data from a qualitative study consisting of 19 focus groups conducted in 8 languages throughout 16 countries. A codebook was developed with novel codes derived inductively from transcript review.
The valence of impacts depended on the quality and quantity of communication among clinicians and between clinicians and patients and families. Keywords: clinical cancer research, pediatric cancer, psychosocial studies, quality of life.
The findings of this study emphasize the importance of developing communication centered interventions as a means of mitigating impacts on patient care. In this study we sought to explore the clinician and stakeholder perspectives of the experiences of patients and their families qualitatively. The qualitative methods of this study give a voice to those directly affected by the impacts of the pandemic on health systems i.
Through this qualitative approach we also sought to contextualize the shared experience of patients and families across multiple countries and various global regions. Ultimately, the purpose of this study was to evaluate clinician perspectives on the global impact of the pandemic on children with cancer and their families. Details of participant selection have been previously described. The study sample included 16 institutions from 16 countries representing all income classifications and world regions, as defined by the World Bank 27 and the World Health Organization, 28 respectively Figure 1.
A total of 19 focus groups were held as three institutions United States, Philippines, and Spain chose to hold two focus groups each, with hospital administrators separated from bedside providers according to local principal investigator preference.
