Anxiety During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Web-Based Survey of Thyroid Cancer Survivors.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Cancer patients and survivors may be disproportionately affected by COVID-19. We sought to determine the effects of the pandemic on thyroid cancer survivors' health care interactions and quality of life.

Methods

An anonymous survey including questions about COVID-19 and the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System profile (PROMIS-29, version 2.0) was hosted on the Thyroid Cancer Survivors' Association, Inc website. PROMIS scores were compared to previously published data. Factors associated with greater anxiety were evaluated with univariable and multivariable logistic regression.

Results

From May 6, 2020, to October 8, 2020, 413 participants consented to take the survey; 378 (92%) met the inclusion criteria: diagnosed with thyroid cancer or

SUBMITTER: Graves CE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8754453 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature