Impact of comorbidities on people with and without cancer early in the COVID-19 pandemic: An observational study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The present study sought to investigate how comorbidity burden influences cancer survivors' quality of life (QoL) and the challenges/adaptations during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID) pandemic, and to examine how appraisal processes are related to this impact.

Methods

This cross-sectional study, administered in spring/summer 2020, compared cancer survivors to a general-population comparison sample. QoL was assessed with standardized tools. COVID-specific questions included selected items compiled by the US National Institutes of Health, and cognitive appraisal processes were assessed using the QoL Appraisal Profile_v2 Short-Form. Principal components analysis reduced the number of comparisons. Multivariate analysis of covariance investigated group d

SUBMITTER: Schwartz CE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10417288 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature