Mental Health Resource Use Among Patients Undergoing Curative Intent Treatment for Bladder Cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patients with bladder cancer may experience mental health distress. Mental health-care service (MHS) use can quantify the magnitude of the problem.

Methods

The Ontario Cancer Registry was used to identify all patients with bladder cancer treated with curative-intent cystectomy or radiotherapy in Ontario, Canada (2004-2013). Population-level databases were used to identify MHS use (visits to general practitioner, psychiatrist, emergency department, or hospitalization). Generalized estimating equations were used to compare rates of MHS use. Baseline, peritreatment, and posttreatment MHS use were defined as visits from 2 years to 3 months before, 3 months before to 3 months after, and from 3 months after to 2 years after start of treatment, respectively.

Results</

SUBMITTER: Raphael MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8489836 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature