COVID-19 Pandemic Induced Stress and Symptoms

University of California San Francisco (UCSF)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Stress, Emotional; Stress Reaction; COVID-19 Pandemic; Stress

Treatments: Other: Questionnaires

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06036251

23804

NCI-2023-06245 (Registry Identifier)

Details and patient eligibility

About

The previous survey of oncology patients at University of California, San Francisco in 2020-2021 found an alarmingly high symptom burden and high levels of stress and loneliness among respondents. This is a follow-up study with the same sample of oncology patients and survivors who participated in the previous study

Full description

OBJECTIVES:

1. Evaluate for associations among general and disease-specific measures of stress and measures of social isolation and loneliness.
2. Evaluate for associations between general and disease-specific stress and common symptoms associated with cancer and its treatments.
3. Evaluate for associations between social isolation and loneliness and common symptoms associated with cancer and its treatments.
4. Evaluate for associations between social isolation and loneliness and health behaviors and quality of life (QOL) as compared to our last survey. as a baseline.
5. Evaluate for changes in stress, social isolation, loneliness and symptom burden between the two time points.

OUTLINE:

Patients will be asked to complete self-report questionnaires online. Questionnaires will take approximately 60 minutes to complete. and directed to take rest periods at 20 minute intervals. Participants will be given two weeks to complete the instruments.

Enrollment: 415 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Current/Previous diagnosis of cancer
• Able to read, write, and understand English
• Able to complete the study questionnaires on line
• Able consent to participate.

Exclusion criteria

• Participants of our previous COVID survey study who opted out of future research.

Trial design

415 participants in 1 patient group

Prior oncology participants

Description:

Oncology patients at University of California, San Francisco who participated in the previous study which evaluated the additional stressors imposed by COVID-19 (i.e., social isolation, loneliness) and ongoing general and disease specific stress on the symptom burden of cancer patients and survivors.

Treatment:

Other: Questionnaires