Associations of social vulnerability index with patient-reported outcomes in women treated with chemotherapy for early-stage breast cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In a convenience sample of women scheduled for chemotherapy for early-stage breast cancer, we investigated associations of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention's neighborhood-level social vulnerability index (SVI) with pretreatment demographics and patient-reported outcome (PRO) measures (health behavior, function and quality of life, treatment toxicities during chemotherapy).

Methods

The SVI Overall score is comprised of 4 themes: socioeconomic, household composition, minority status/language, and household type/transportation, with scores ranging from 0 = lowest to 1 = highest vulnerability neighborhoods. Participant SVI scores were derived from zip codes listed in the patient's address within the electronic medical record (EMR). Associations of study v

SUBMITTER: Almond N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12311274 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature