Impact of COVID-19 on anxiety levels among patients with cancer actively treated with systemic therapy
| Autor: | Paweł Sobczuk, Michal Wilk, Tomasz Ciszewski, Kamil Kuć, Piotr Rutkowski, Cezary Szczylik, Rafał Stec, Sylwia Kopeć, Dawid Sigorski, Małgorzata Osmola, Lubomir Bodnar, Anna Walerzak, Karolina Hryń |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Male medicine.medical_specialty Cancer Research Multivariate analysis Pneumonia Viral Breast Neoplasms Disease Anxiety Systemic therapy lcsh:RC254-282 Betacoronavirus Sex Factors Breast cancer Internal medicine Humans cancer Medicine Prospective Studies Prospective cohort study Pandemics Aged Gastrointestinal Neoplasms Original Research Aged 80 and over treatment SARS-CoV-2 business.industry pandemic COVID-19 Cancer Fear Middle Aged medicine.disease lcsh:Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens Oncology Multivariate Analysis Female Poland medicine.symptom Coronavirus Infections business Psychosocial |
| Zdroj: | ESMO Open ESMO Open, Vol 5, Iss 5 (2020) |
| ISSN: | 2059-7029 |
| DOI: | 10.1136/esmoopen-2020-000970 |
| Popis: | Background Life-threatening diseases have a negative impact on emotional well-being and psychosocial functioning. This study aimed to assess the relationship between the level of anxiety caused by a neoplasm and the threat of coronavirus infection among patients with cancer actively treated with systemic therapy during the COVID-19 pandemic. Additionally, we searched for clinical factors associated with a higher level of anxiety.Methods In this multicentre, prospective, non-interventional study conducted in Poland, we enrolled 306 actively treated patients with cancer and collected their clinical data, including age, gender, cancer type and treatment intention. The fear/anxiety of SARS-CoV-2 were rated in Fear of COVID-19 Scale (SRA-FCV-19S) and Numerical Anxiety Scale (SRA-NAS). The fear and anxiety associated with cancer (CRA) were rated with the NAS (CRA-NAS).Results The mean level of SRA-FCV-19S was 18.5±7.44, which was correlated with the SRA-NAS (r=0.741, p65 years (6.73±2.96 vs 5.66±3.24; p=0.007).Conclusions For an actively treated patient with cancer, cancer remains the main life-threatening disease during the COVID-19 pandemic. The need for more attentive psychological care should be provided especially to female patients, patients with breast cancer, those under 65 years of age and treated with curative intention, as these factors are associated with a higher level of anxiety. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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