Mental health and care utilization in survivors of adolescent and young adult cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Adolescent and young adult cancer survivors experience mental health challenges, yet little is known about the evolution of these difficulties. This study explored mental health symptoms and utilization among long-term adolescent and young adult cancer survivors.

Methods

Using 30 432 respondents from the 2019 National Health Interview Survey, this study compared adults with a history of adolescent and young adult cancer (diagnosed when patients were between 15 and 39 years of age) to adults without adolescent and young adult cancer. Mental health symptom severity was measured using the Patient Health Questionnaire depression scale and 7-item Generalized Anxiety Disorder questionnaires. Care utilization constituted psychotherapy and mental health medication use. In

SUBMITTER: Baclig NV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10735415 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature