Aspects of Psychiatric Comorbidities in Breast Cancer Patients in Tertiary Hospitals Due to COVID-19 Outbreak in South Korea: A Single Center Longitudinal Cohort Study
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Age | Total Number of Breast Cancer | Mental Disorder | Substance Abuse | Depressive Disorder | Anxiety Disorder | Stress/Adjustment Disorder | Somatoform /Conversion Disorder |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
10–39 | 643 | 59 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 34 | 0 |
40–49 | 2054 | 142 | 5 | 34 | 21 | 80 | 2 |
50–59 | 1474 | 113 | 1 | 29 | 15 | 65 | 3 |
60–69 | 672 | 44 | 0 | 9 | 15 | 19 | 1 |
70–99 | 331 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Total | 5174 | 371 | 7 | 97 | 60 | 201 | 6 |
Patient Characteristics | No. of Patients (%) | |||||
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Mental Disorder | Substance Abuse | Depressive Disorder | Anxiety Disorder | Stress/Adjustment Disorder | Somatoform/Conversion Disorder | |
before COVID-19 | 352 | 6 (1.7) | 97 (27.5) | 60 (17.0) | 183 (51.9) | 6 (1.7) |
after COVID-19 | 19 | 1 (5.2) | - | - | 18 (94.8) | - |
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Park, J.; Kim, S.; Heo, J. Aspects of Psychiatric Comorbidities in Breast Cancer Patients in Tertiary Hospitals Due to COVID-19 Outbreak in South Korea: A Single Center Longitudinal Cohort Study. Medicina 2022, 58, 560. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina58050560
Park J, Kim S, Heo J. Aspects of Psychiatric Comorbidities in Breast Cancer Patients in Tertiary Hospitals Due to COVID-19 Outbreak in South Korea: A Single Center Longitudinal Cohort Study. Medicina. 2022; 58(5):560. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina58050560
Chicago/Turabian StylePark, Jeongmin, Seonhwa Kim, and Jaesung Heo. 2022. "Aspects of Psychiatric Comorbidities in Breast Cancer Patients in Tertiary Hospitals Due to COVID-19 Outbreak in South Korea: A Single Center Longitudinal Cohort Study" Medicina 58, no. 5: 560. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina58050560