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Date Published: 10/07/2024
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.51298/vmj.v540i1.10286
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Vol. 540 No. 1 (2024)
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Nguyễn, T. T. H., Trịnh , L. H., & Trương, T. A. (2024). APPLYING THE EVI- EMOTIONAL VULNERABILYTY INDEX IN ASSESSING PSYCHOLOGICAL CHANGES IN CANCER PATIENTS DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. Vietnam Medical Journal, 540(1). https://doi.org/10.51298/vmj.v540i1.10286

APPLYING THE EVI- EMOTIONAL VULNERABILYTY INDEX IN ASSESSING PSYCHOLOGICAL CHANGES IN CANCER PATIENTS DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Thị Thu Hường Nguyễn, Lê Huy Trịnh , Tuấn Anh Trương

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Objective: Assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the psychology and physiology of cancer patients using the EVI emotional vulnerability index. Research subjects and methods: Cross-sectional descriptive study on 305 cancer patients at K Hospital and Hanoi Medical University Hospital from August 2021 to August 2022, using an index assessment scale Emotional Vulnerability Index (EVI) evaluates psychological and physiological changes during the COVID-19 pandemic. Results: The median EVI score before the COVID-19 pandemic was 16, during the pandemic the median EVI score was 22 , the increase is statistically significant with p<0.001. During the pandemic: women was more likely to be emotionally vulnerable than men (OR=1.644; CI95%: 0.825-3.277; p=0.04); Patients treated with systemic therapy were more vulnerable than those treated with surgery and radiation (OR: 2.049, CI95%: 1.014-4.140, p = 0.042). Conclusion: Emotional vulnerability index increased during the COVID–19 pandemic. Female gender and systemic therapy treatment were associated with emotional vulnerability in cancer patients during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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COVID-19, psychology of cancer patients, EVI emotional vulnerability index

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