Biopsychosocial Associates of Psychological Distress and Post-Traumatic Growth among Canadian Cancer Patients during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Autor: Zhang KM; Juravinski Cancer Centre, Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, ON L8N 3Z5, Canada.; Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1, Canada.; Department of Oncology, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1, Canada.; Escarpment Cancer Research Institute, Hamilton, ON L8V 5C2, Canada., Mukherjee SD; Juravinski Cancer Centre, Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, ON L8N 3Z5, Canada.; Department of Oncology, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1, Canada.; Escarpment Cancer Research Institute, Hamilton, ON L8V 5C2, Canada., Pond G; Department of Oncology, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1, Canada.; Escarpment Cancer Research Institute, Hamilton, ON L8V 5C2, Canada., Roque MI; School of Interdisciplinary Science, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1, Canada., Meyer RM; Juravinski Cancer Centre, Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, ON L8N 3Z5, Canada.; Department of Oncology, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1, Canada.; Escarpment Cancer Research Institute, Hamilton, ON L8V 5C2, Canada., Sussman J; Juravinski Cancer Centre, Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, ON L8N 3Z5, Canada.; Department of Oncology, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1, Canada.; Escarpment Cancer Research Institute, Hamilton, ON L8V 5C2, Canada., Ellis PM; Juravinski Cancer Centre, Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, ON L8N 3Z5, Canada.; Department of Oncology, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1, Canada.; Escarpment Cancer Research Institute, Hamilton, ON L8V 5C2, Canada., Bryant-Lukosius D; Juravinski Cancer Centre, Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, ON L8N 3Z5, Canada.; Department of Oncology, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1, Canada.; Escarpment Cancer Research Institute, Hamilton, ON L8V 5C2, Canada.; School of Nursing, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1, Canada.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) [Curr Oncol] 2024 Sep 10; Vol. 31 (9), pp. 5354-5366. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Sep 10.
DOI: 10.3390/curroncol31090395
Abstrakt: Objective: Understanding both the positive and negative psychological outcomes among cancer patients during the pandemic is critical for planning post-pandemic cancer care. This study (1) examined levels of psychological distress and post-traumatic growth (PTG) among Canadian cancer patients during the COVID-19 pandemic and (2) explored variables that were associated with psychological distress and PTG during the pandemic using a biopsychosocial framework.
Method: A cross-section survey was undertaken of patients receiving ongoing care at a regional cancer centre in Ontario, Canada, between February and December 2021. Self-reported questionnaires assessing sociodemographic information, social difficulties, psychological distress (depression, anxiety fear of recurrence, and emotional distress), PTG, illness perceptions, and behavioural responses to the pandemic were administered. Disease-related information was extracted from patient health records.
Results: Prevalences of moderate to severe levels of depression, anxiety, fear of recurrence and emotional distress were reported by 26.0%, 21.2%, 44.2%, and 50.0% of the sample ( N = 104), respectively. Approximately 43% of the sample reported experiencing high PTG, and these positive experiences were not associated with levels of distress. Social factors, including social difficulties, being female, lower education, and unemployment status were prominent associative factors of patient distress. Perceptions of the pandemic as threatening, adopting more health safety behaviours, and not being on active treatment also increased patient likelihood to experience severe psychological distress. Younger age and adopting more health safety behaviours increased the likelihood of experiencing high PTG. The discriminatory power of the predictive models was strong, with a C-statistic > 0.80.
Conclusions: Examining both the positive and negative psychological patient outcomes during the pandemic has highlighted the complex range of coping responses. Interventions that adopt a multi-pronged approach to screen and address social distress, as well as to leverage health safety behaviours, may improve the adjustments in the pandemic aftermath.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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