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Mental Health and Quality of Life among Patients with Cancer during the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic: Results from the Longitudinal ONCOVID Survey Study
| Content Provider | MDPI |
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| Author | Jaeghere, Emiel A. De Kanervo, Heini Colman, Roos Schrauwen, Wim West, Paulien Vandemaele, Nele Pauw, Aglaja De Jacobs, Celine Hilderson, Ingeborg Saerens, Michael Sundahl, Nora Vandecasteele, Katrien Naert, Eline Lapeire, Lore Kruse, Vibeke Rottey, Sylvie Lemmens, Gilbert Denys, Hannelore G. |
| Copyright Year | 2022 |
| Description | Purpose: This longitudinal survey study aimed to investigate the self-reported outcome measures of COVID-19 peritraumatic distress, depression, anxiety, stress, quality of life (QOL), and their associated factors in a cohort of cancer patients treated at a tertiary care hospital during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. Methods: Surveys were administered at four time points between 1 April 2020 and 18 September 2020. The surveys included the CPDI, DASS-21, and WHOQOL-BREF questionnaires. Results: Survey response rates were high (61.0% to 79.1%). Among the 355 participants, 71.3% were female, and the median age was 62.2 years (IQR, 53.9 to 69.1). The majority (78.6%) were treated with palliative intention. An important proportion of the participants reported symptoms of COVID-19 peritraumatic distress (34.2% to 39.6%), depression (27.6% to 33.5%), anxiety (24.9% to 32.7%), and stress (11.4% to 15.7%) at any time point during the study period. We did not find clinically meaningful mental health and QOL differences during the study period, with remarkably little change in between the pandemic’s first and second wave. We found no consistent correlates of mental health or QOL scores, including cancer type, therapy intention, and sociodemographic information. Conclusion: This cohort of cancer patients showed considerable resilience against mental health and QOL deterioration during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. |
| Starting Page | 1093 |
| e-ISSN | 20726694 |
| DOI | 10.3390/cancers14041093 |
| Journal | Cancers |
| Issue Number | 4 |
| Volume Number | 14 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | MDPI |
| Publisher Date | 2022-02-21 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Cancers Oncology Mental Health Quality of Life Cancer Sars-cov-2 Coronavirus 2019 Pandemic |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
