Assessment of anxiety/depression among cancer patients before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Psychooncology
; 31(10): 1681-1691, 2022 10.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To assess differences in the prevalence of anxiety/depression symptoms among cancer patients before (2019) and during the COVID-19 pandemic (2020); and the associations between anxiety/depression and sociodemographic and health behavior factors among cancer patients before and during the pandemic.METHODS:
We analyzed data from the 2019 (n = 856) and 2020 (n = 626) Health Information National Trends Survey, a nationally representative survey of United States adults aged ≥18 years. Only adults with a cancer diagnosis were used in the analyses. Anxiety/depression was assessed using the Patient Health Questionnaire-4 (low/none [0-2], mild [3-5], moderate [6-8], and severe [9-12]) and dichotomized as low/none and current anxiety/depression (mild/moderate/severe). Multivariate analysis was performed.RESULTS:
The prevalence of anxiety/depression symptoms among cancer patients was 32.7% before the COVID-19 pandemic and 31.1% during the pandemic. The odds of anxiety/depression among patients with fair/poor health status was higher during the pandemic relative to before (before odds ratio [OR] = 1.85 vs. during OR = 3.89). Participants aged 50-64 years (before OR = 0.29, 95% confidence interval [95% CI] = 0.11-0.76; during OR = 0.33, 95% CI = 0.11-0.97) and ≥65 years (before OR = 0.13, 95% CI = 0.05-0.34; during OR = 0.18, 95% CI = 0.07-0.47) had lower odds of anxiety/depression before and during the pandemic compared to those aged 35-49 years. Hispanics/Latinos had higher odds of anxiety/depression (OR = 2.70, 95% CI = 1.11-6.57) before the pandemic and lower odds of anxiety/depression during the pandemic (OR = 0.2, 95% CI = 0.05-1.01) compared to non-Hispanic Whites. Those who completed high school (before OR = 0.08, 95% CI = 0.01-0.42), some college (before OR = 0.10, 95% CI = 0.02-0.42), ≥college degree had lower odds of anxiety/depression symptoms (before OR = 0.05, 95% CI = 0.01-0.26; during OR = 0.06, 95% CI = 0.01-0.61) compared to those with less than a high school education.CONCLUSION:
Our results suggest the need to increase the provision of mental health services to cancer patients at high risk of developing anxiety/depression symptoms, particularly during public health emergencies, to alleviate further health burdens.Palavras-chave
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
COVID-19
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Neoplasias
Tipo de estudo:
Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Humans
País/Região como assunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Psychooncology
Assunto da revista:
NEOPLASIAS
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PSICOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2022
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos