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ArticleThe clinical respiratory journal2022

Preexisting psychological illness and its association with mortality in lung cancer patients with access to support resources.

Allison E Wright, Elyce Sheehan, Fares Qeadan, Lily Stalter, Ali Imran Saeed

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Article in The clinical respiratory journal, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Allison E WrightDepartment of Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.
Elyce SheehanDepartment of Internal Medicine, Division of Pulmonary Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.
Fares QeadanParkinson School of Health Sciences and Public Health, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, Illinois, USA.
Lily StalterDepartment of Surgery, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
Ali Imran SaeedDepartment of Internal Medicine, Division of Pulmonary Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8660-9578
University of New Mexico · USLoyola University Chicago · USUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison · US

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Abstract

introductionDiagnosis of lung cancer often results in tremendous stress for most patients, especially in patients with underlying psychological illness. Psychosocial support (consultation with psychologist, psychotherapist, or social worker) referral is considered standard for quality cancer care; however, which patients utilize these resources and how these resources affect patient outcomes remain unclear.

objectivesWe aimed to identify which newly diagnosed lung cancer patients accessed available psychosocial resources and assessed how utilization of these resources correlated with treatment and survival outcomes.

methodsData were collected from National Cancer Institute-designated cancer center at the University of New Mexico. We analyzed lung cancer registry and mortality data at the cancer center and bronchoscopy suite data to retrospectively identify patients diagnosed with lung cancer between 2012 and 2017. We used a logistic regression model to compare psychological support utilization at the cancer center between patients with and without history of psychiatric illness. We used a Cox proportional hazards model to identify individual risk factors for mortality.

resultsPatients with a previous psychological diagnosis were 2.4 times more likely (odds ratio = 2.443; confidence interval [CI], 1.130-5.284) to utilize psychological resources than patients without a pre-cancer psychological diagnosis. Patients who received psychosocial intervention had a 120.4% higher hazard of dying than those who did not (hazard ratio = 2.204; 95% CI, 1.240-3.917). One-year survival probability among those who did not utilize resources was 62.65% (95% CI, 55.24%-71.06%) and 43.0% (95% CI, 31.61%-58.50%) among those who did. Patients with a previous psychiatric diagnosis were more likely to utilize psychosocial resources within 1 year of lung cancer diagnosis.

conclusionsPatients with previous psychiatric illness are more likely to utilize psychosocial resources at the cancer center after a new diagnosis of lung cancer. Patients who utilize psychosocial interventions have higher 1-year mortality than those who do not.

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Lung NeoplasmsCounselingHumansMexicoProportional Hazards ModelsRetrospective Studiesdisparitylung cancermortalityNew Mexico

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