Anxiety Due to COVID-19 in Different Palliative Care Settings in Germany

Epidemics exert significant psychological impact. We conducted a survey in different palliative care settings focusing on anxiety caused by coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). A questionnaire was given from April 1 through May 8, 2020, to 154 patients in 3 distinct populations: (1) hospice patients, (2) patients under ambulatory palliative care, (3) as controls, patients visiting a general practitioner (GP) practice. Items captured were age, anxiety caused by COVID-19 on a visual analog scale from 0 to 10, influence on everyday life, insomnia, and appetite loss. Palliative care patients were older than GP visitors (median [interquartile range], 72 [61-78] years in the hospice, 76 [67-83] years in ambulatory palliative care, and 62 [56-74] years in GP practice, P
Source: Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing - Category: Nursing Tags: Special COVID Articles Source Type: research