The Impact of COVID-19 on the Cancer Care of Adolescents and Young Adults and Their Well-Being: Results From an Online Survey Conducted in the Early Stages of the Pandemic

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic is rapidly evolving, and we learn new details every day. Even though the disrup-tions in our daily routines and health care systems pose many challenges, therein lie many opportunities for im-provement of AYA cancer care in the future. The current situation highlights the continued need to screen for psychological distress and attend to those who might be experiencing distress even under normal circumstances. Finding ways of doing this while providing follow-up care remotely is particularly important within the current ways of working, and the brief PHQ-4 used in this study may offer a promising way to monitor psychological distress in clinical contexts.