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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...
Background
This study investigated prevalence of psychological distress, factors associated with distress, and experiences of Adolescents and Young Adults (AYAs) with cancer during the COVID‐19 pandemic. It also compared distress in this group to previously surveyed Canadian AYAs with cancer in 2018 by the Young Adults with Cancer in their Prime (YACPRIME) study.
Methods
A cross‐sectional, online,...