The psychological impact of esophageal cancer screening on anxiety and depression in China.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The psychological impact of screening is unclear and has been ignored. This study aimed to evaluate the psychological impact of esophageal cancer (EC) screening on anxiety and depression in China.

Materials and methods

A multicenter, population-based study in five high-risk regions of EC was conducted from 2019 to 2020. Residents were recruited and underwent endoscopic screening and then were diagnosed with normal, esophagitis, low-grade intraepithelial neoplasia (LGIN), high-grade intraepithelial neoplasia (HGIN) and EC. Subjects who did not participate in the screening were referred to as the control group. We surveyed their anxiety and depression levels at baseline and after endoscopy and informed them of different pathological results to evaluate the psychologi

SUBMITTER: Zhu J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9630588 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature