Depression and anxiety in cancer patients before and during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: association with treatment delays.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Pandemics can be associated with anxiety and depression in cancer patients who are undergoing treatment. In the present study, we aimed to perform a comparative evaluation of the conditions of cancer patients before and during the severe acute respiratory distress syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic using the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) to detect the impact of the pandemic on treatment delays that are associated with anxiety and depression in cancer patients. In addition, the effect of public transport use on treatment delays was examined.

Methods

BDI and BAI were administered to 595 breast, ovarian, colon and gastric cancer patients before and during the pandemic. The questionnaires were administered by the physician bli

SUBMITTER: Yildirim OA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7907665 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature