Substance use behaviors in adolescent and young adult cancer patients: Associations with mental and physical health

Psycho-oncology
Yasmin AsvatTara O Henderson

Abstract

Cancer diagnosis in adolescents and young adults (AYAs) coincides with the developmental initiation of substance use and emergence of affective disturbance. We examined substance use behaviors and risk-stratified associations with mental and physical health, as well as objective indicators of tobacco and cannabis use and concordance with self-report and medical records. AYAs were 15 to 39 years at cancer diagnosis and ≥18 years and ≥6 months postdiagnosis at study enrollment. Risk-stratified groups included nonsmoker/nondrinker, nonsmoker/drinker, smoker/drinker. Assessments included demographics, past year tobacco, alcohol, and cannabis use, depression, anxiety, sleep, and physical activity. Urine analysis provided biochemical verification of tobacco and cannabis use. Participants included 100 AYAs (60% male) with primarily hematological cancers (88%). Past year alcohol, tobacco, and cannabis use prevalence rates were 80%, 15%, and 33%, respectively. A minority (non-users) refrained from both alcohol and tobacco (20%), while most were exclusively alcohol users (65%) or alcohol and tobacco co-users (15%). Relative to other sub-groups, co-users reported more depressive and anxious symptoms, while non-users reported more physical...Continue Reading

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Jul 3, 2020·Journal of Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology·Christina L Tamargo, Gwendolyn P Quinn

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