IMPACT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON RADIOTHERAPY PATIENTS BY AGE AND RESIDENCE

According to the Wilcoxon signed-rank test (Z = - 5.2, p = 0.001), the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic had a statistically significant impact on the decrease in the weekly number of fractions. A parametric (Paired Samples t-test) or non-parametric (Wilcoxon Signed Ranks Test) statistical analysis...

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Published inActa medica Saliniana Vol. 53; no. 1; pp. 10 - 14
Main Authors Kolarević, Goran, Jaroš, Dražan, Pavičar, Bojan, Ignjić, Tatjana, Ćazić, Dejan, Stanković, Kata Dabić, Marošević, Goran, Predojević, Branko
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Tuzla University Clinical Center Tuzla 01.01.2023
Subjects
Age
Cancer therapies
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Normal distribution
Oncology
Pandemics
Patients
Radiation therapy
Statistical analysis
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Summary:According to the Wilcoxon signed-rank test (Z = - 5.2, p = 0.001), the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic had a statistically significant impact on the decrease in the weekly number of fractions. A parametric (Paired Samples t-test) or non-parametric (Wilcoxon Signed Ranks Test) statistical analysis was used, Table 2, depending on the results. According to the experience of RT departments in Brazil [14], 10 % fewer patients and 26 % fewer RT sessions were treated. Depending on the Kolmogorov-Smirnov normality test results for the periods mentioned above, a parametric paired samples t-test or a non-parametric Wilcoxon signed-rank test was carried out for patients grouped by their residence (further and closer than 200 km) and age (younger and older than 70 years).
ISSN:0350-364X
1840-3956
DOI:10.5457/661