DISCUSSION
COVID-19 disease was discovered during the outbreak of severe pneumonia
in Wuhan, China, in December 2019 (10). Afterwards, this COVID-19
outbreak spread to become a global pandemic. Many cancer patients often
visit the hospital for disease monitoring and treatment. Cancer patients
can be immunocompromised due to the underlying malignancy or anticancer
therapy, so they are at higher risk of developing infections, like
COVID-19 disease.
This survey provides an insight on the level of knowledge, attitudes and
behaviours of our cancer patients on infection control with a special
emphasis on COVID-19. However, this study will allow our patients to be
reininformed and corrected about incomplete or misobtained information.
In our study, the numbers of men and women surveyed were almost equal
(respectively, 112 vs 108). In addition, more than half of the age of
patients was over the age of 50. This may be due to the fact that adult
cancers increase with age.