Publication date: Feb 13, 2025
To examine trends in the prevalence of depression and anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic among US adult cancer patients and survivors (CPS) in comparison to those of non-CPS (NCPS). National Health Interview Survey 2019-2022 data were analysed using spline logistic regression. A total of 115 664 participants completed the survey (mean age (SD), 52. 8 (18. 4) years; 54. 3% female; 12. 6% CPS). The age-adjusted prevalence of depression significantly increased from 26. 53% in 2019 to 29. 78% in 2022 among CPS, while that of anxiety increased from 24. 02% in 2019 to 28. 08% in 2022. Throughout the pandemic, there were consistently significant annual increases in the prevalence of both depression and anxiety with CPS experiencing significantly faster rates of increase compared with NCPS (average annual absolute increase 0. 72% in NCPS vs 1. 08% in CPS, p
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| Type | Source | Name |
|---|---|---|
| disease | MESH | depression |
| disease | MESH | anxiety |
| disease | MESH | cancer |
| disease | MESH | COVID-19 pandemic |
| disease | MESH | Anxiety Disorders |