Change in worry over time among Hispanic women with thyroid cancer

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• Alternative Title:
  J Cancer Surviv
• Personal Author:
  Jackson Levin, Nina ; Zhang, Anao ; Reyes-Gastelum, David ; Chen, Debbie W. ; Hamilton, Ann S. ; Zebrack, Bradley ; Haymart, Megan R.
• Description:
  Purpose:
  
  The purpose of this study is to assess change in worry over time in Hispanic women with thyroid cancer.
  
  Methods:
  
  Worry about recurrence, quality of life, family at risk, death, and harm from treatments was assessed in 273 Hispanic women with thyroid cancer diagnosed in 2014–2015. Subjects were recruited from Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Los Angeles. Participants were surveyed at two points in time (time 1: 2017–2018 and time 2: 2019). Multivariable logistic regression was used to determine correlates with high worry (somewhat, quite a bit, very much) versus low worry (not at all, a little) at time 2.
  
  Results:
  
  For the five worry items, 20.1%–39.6% had high worry at both time 1 and 2. An additional 7.6%–13.4% had low worry at time 1 that became high worry at time 2. In multivariable logistic regression controlling for age, recurrence status, education level, and number of symptoms, younger age (20–39) as compared to older (40–79) was associated with high worry about thyroid cancer recurrence (OR 2.16, 95% CI 1.12–4.17). History of recurrent or persistent disease was associated with high worry about harms from treatment (OR 2.94, 95% CI 1.29–6.67). Greater number of symptoms was associated with more worry across all five items.
  
  Conclusions:
  
  Some Hispanic women with thyroid cancer have persistently high worry, with young adult Hispanic women vulnerable to worry about recurrence.
  
  Implications for survivors:
  
  Hispanic women with thyroid cancer may benefit from targeted psychosocial support during survivorship, with interventions informed by patient and cancer characteristics.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Anxiety Article AYA Female Hispanic Or Latino Humans Neoplasm Recurrence, Local Psychosocial Quality Of Life Survivorship Thyroid Cancer Thyroid Neoplasms Women Worry Young Adult

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• Source:
  J Cancer Surviv. 16(4):844-852
• Pubmed ID:
  34633638
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC8995394
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  T32-DK-007245/DK/NIDDK NIH HHSUnited States/ ; NU58DP006344/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHSUnited States/ ; U58 DP003875/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHSUnited States/ ; HHSN261201800015I/CA/NCI NIH HHSUnited States/ ; T32 CA236621/CA/NCI NIH HHSUnited States/ ; T32 DK007245/DK/NIDDK NIH HHSUnited States/ ; HHSN261201800015C/CA/NCI NIH HHSUnited States/ ; R01 CA201198/CA/NCI NIH HHSUnited States/ ; HHSN261201800003C/CA/NCI NIH HHSUnited States/ ; T32-CA-236621/CA/NCI NIH HHSUnited States/ ; R01 HS024512/HS/AHRQ HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  16
• Issue:
  4
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:68064b4d0873e7592c9acda0ef6fd6a50cf164c6b2cb937383b1f9b4c1df6971
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/116197/cdc_116197_DS1.pdf
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