Table 4.
Survey section 3: overview of COVID-19 diffusion.
| Survey questions | Answers | All, n (%) n = 122 | Red Zoneb, n (%) n = 39 (32) | North, n (%) n = 26 (21) | Centre, n (%) n = 18 (15) | South and islands, n (%) n = 25 (20) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Have your oncologists been requested for guard duties in Internal Medicine and/or Emergency wards? | No | 75 (61) | 19 (49) | 15 (58) | 15 (83) | 24 (96) |
| Yes | 39 (32) | 20 (51) | 11 (42) | 3 (17) | 1 (4) | |
| Are guard duties including COVID wards? | No | 29 (24) | 9 (23) | 5 (19) | 6 (33) | 7 (28) |
| Yes | 28 (23) | 15 (38) | 9 (35) | 1 (5) | 1 (4) | |
| Has any of your patients been diagnosed with COVID? | No | 86 (70) | 21 (54) | 20 (77) | 14 (78) | 25 (100) |
| Yes | 29 (24) | 18 (46) | 6 (23) | 4 (22) | 0 | |
| How was COVID diagnosis performed?a | Contact with high-risk subject(s)c | 8 (6) | 7 (18) | 0 | 1 (5) | – |
| Symptoms at triage | 11 (9) | 7 (18) | 3 (8) | 1 (5) | – | |
| Hospitalised patients and/or emergency room access | 15 (12) | 9 (23) | 3 (8) | 2 (11) | – | |
| Do you reckon that actual measures will reduce the risk of COVID diffusion in oncologic wards? | No | 1 (<1) | 1 (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yes, negligible | 47 (38) | 18 (46) | 10 (38) | 5 (28) | 10 (40) | |
| Yes, significant | 65 (53) | 20 (52) | 16 (62) | 13 (72) | 15 (60) |
COVID-19, novel coronavirus disease.
a
Questions with more than one possible answer.
b
Red Zone at the time of the survey includes the following Italian countries: Lombardia, Emilia Romagna and Veneto.
c
High-risk subjects: people with known COVID infection and/or coming from the Red Zone.