Relationships Among Financial Distress, Emotional Distress, and Overall Distress in Insured Patients With Cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Recent studies have demonstrated increasing rates of financial toxicities and emotional distress related to cancer treatment. This study assessed and characterized the relationships among financial distress, emotional symptoms, and overall distress in patients with cancer.

Methods

A cross-sectional sample of patients with cancer who visited our outpatient medical oncology and psychiatry clinics completed a pen-and-paper survey. The survey assessed demographics; cost concerns; and financial, emotional, and overall distress.

Results

One hundred twenty insured patients completed the survey. Sixty-five percent reported clinically significant overall distress scores, with the same percentage reporting at least one emotional problem (worry, anxiety, depression, etc)

SUBMITTER: Meeker CR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5015446 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature