Breast cancer treatment receipt and the role of financial stress, health literacy, and numeracy among diverse breast cancer survivors.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Disparities in breast cancer treatment for low-income and minority women are well documented. We examined economic hardship, health literacy, and numeracy and whether these factors were associated with differences in receipt of recommended treatment among breast cancer survivors.

Methods

During 2018-2020, we surveyed adult women diagnosed with stage I-III breast cancer between 2013 and 2017 and received care at three centers in Boston and New York. We inquired about treatment receipt and treatment decision-making. We used Chi-squared and Fisher's exact tests to examine associations between financial strain, health literacy, numeracy (using validated measures), and treatment receipt by race and ethnicity.

Results

The 296 participants studied were 60.1% Non-Hisp

SUBMITTER: Odai-Afotey A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10182756 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature