Financial toxicity in patients with gynecologic malignancies: a cross sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate financial toxicity and assess its risk factors among patients with gynecologic cancers.

Methods

This is a cross sectional study that included 2 survey tools, as well as patient demographics, disease characteristics, and treatment regimen. Financial toxicity is measured by validated Comprehensive Score for Financial Toxicity (COST) tool. Participants were also asked to complete a 55-question-survey on attitudes and perspectives surrounding cost of care. Descriptive statistics was used to report patient demographics. Spearman's rank correlation was calculated to assess the relation between financial toxicity and patient/disease related variables. Graphpad Prism Software Version 8.0 was used for analyses.

Results

A total of 50 patients with various

SUBMITTER: Zeybek B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8550931 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature