[
    {
        "id": "osp-10391",
        "type": "article-journal",
        "title": "Attitudes Towards Cancer Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study of Omani Patients and Attendees at a University Teaching Hospital",
        "author": [
            {
                "family": "Al-Azri",
                "given": "Mohammed"
            },
            {
                "family": "Al-Hattali",
                "given": "Fahad"
            },
            {
                "family": "Al-Ghafri",
                "given": "Humaid"
            },
            {
                "family": "Panchatcharam",
                "given": "Sathiya M."
            }
        ],
        "URL": "https://omanscience.com/en/articles/attitudes-towards-cancer-patients-a-cross-sectional-study-of-omani-patients-and-attendees-at-a-university-teaching-hospital",
        "language": "en",
        "issued": {
            "date-parts": [
                [
                    2025
                ]
            ]
        },
        "container-title": "Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal",
        "volume": "21",
        "issue": "2",
        "page": "e221-230",
        "DOI": "10.18295/squmj.2021.21.02.010",
        "publisher": "Sultan Qaboos University",
        "ISSN": "2075-051X",
        "abstract": "Objectives: Many cancer patients experience social difficulties and feelings of isolation. This study aimed to evaluate patients’ and attendees’ attitudes towards cancer patients. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted of patients and attendees attending Sultan Qaboos University Hospital (SQUH), Muscat, Oman, from December 2018 to March 2019. Results: A total of 1,190 people participated (response rate: 91.5%). The majority (90.7%) did not express reluctance to help cancer patients. Most agreed that cancer patients were productive (76.2%) and are respected by the public (75.0%). However, many participants (63.1%) felt that cancer patients might face difficulties getting married. Multivariate analysis showed that participants who had a family history of cancer or had previously been a caregiver for cancer patients were more likely to believe that cancer patients could be productive (odds ratio [OR] = 1.92, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.31–2.82; P"
    }
]