Adolescents and young adults (AYAs) are diagnosed with cancer during a critical life period full of psychosocial challenges. They may experience a significant impact of the cancer diagnosis on their psychological health, also in the long term. We aimed to (a) evaluate psychological distress in AYA cancer survivors and compare levels of distress with controls and (b) describe socio-demographic and cancer-related characteristics associated with psychological distress.
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The Long-Term Impact of Cancer: Evaluating Psychological Distress in Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Survivors in Switzerland. Psycho-Oncology, 2019. 28(3): P. 577-585.
We aimed to (a) evaluate psychological distress in AYA cancer survivors and compare levels of distress with controls and (b) describe socio-demographic and cancer-related characteristics associated with psychological distress.
Year:2019
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