Table 1 Questions, scales and results of the COVID-19 pandemic questionnaire answered by 82 breast cancer patients. Median and interquartile range of the following ordinal scale (1–5) are presented
From: The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on psychological stress in breast cancer patients
Median | Interquartile range | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Concern scale | 1. Are/were you concerned about infecting yourself with SARS-CoV-2? | 2.00 | 2.00–3.00 |
2. Are/were you concerned about becoming infected during doctor and hospital visits? | 2.00 | 2.00–3.00 | |
3. Are/were you concerned about your family becoming infected with SARS—CoV-2? | 2.00 | 1.00–3.00 | |
4. Are/were you worried about dying from COVID-19? | 3.00 | 2.00–3.00 | |
Concern over time scale | 5. Are/were you concerned about becoming infected when the first European patient was reported? | 2.00 | 1.00–2.00 |
6. Were you concerned about becoming infected when the first European patient died? | 2.00 | 1.00–2.00 | |
7. Were you concerned about becoming infected when the number of infected people increased? | 3.00 | 2.00–3.00 | |
8. Were you concerned about becoming infected at the lockdown? | 2.00 | 2.00–3.00 | |
Impairment scale | 9. How much is your quality of life affected by the COVID-19 pandemic? | 3.00 | 2.00–4.00 |
10. How much is the breast cancer therapy affected by the COVID-19 pandemic? | 3.00 | 2.00–4.00 | |
11. How much is your mental health affected by the COVID-19 pandemic? | 2.00 | 2.00–4.00 |