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

Abstract

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 <i>communication</i> and <i>trust, communication</i> and <i>planning</i>, and <i>trust</i> and <i>planning</i>. ANCOVAs with <i>treatment status</i>, <i>immunocompromised</i> status, and <i>delays</i> (separately) as IVs, trust as a covariate, and cancer-related <i>worry</i> as a DV, yielded significant models. A noteworthy finding is the presence of trust as a significant covariate in models of vulnerability and worry.