Emotional Response of US Breast Cancer Survivors during the COVID-19 Pandemic

In a sample of 633 US adult breast cancer survivors, we examined health-related worry as a function vulnerability as influenced by communication, trust, and planning with their cancer care team during the COVID-19 pandemic. We found significant positive correlations between communication and trust, communication and planning, and trust and planning. ANCOVAs with treatment status, immunocompromised status, and delays (separately) as IVs, trust as a covariate, and cancer-related worry as a DV, yielded significant models. A noteworthy finding is the presence of trust as a significant covariate in models of vulnerability and worry.

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The study examined the impact of communication, trust, and planning with cancer care teams on health-related worry among breast cancer survivors during the COVID-19 pandemic. Findings show significant positive correlations between communication and trust, communication and planning, as well as trust and planning. Trust was found to be a significant covariate in models of vulnerability and worry.