Effects of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic on anxiety and spirituality in patients with cancer undergoing chemotherapy: a cross-sectional study

Purpose To evaluate anxiety and spirituality levels in oncology patients during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Methods This short-term cross-sectional study applied a previously validated General Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD7) scale and spirituality inventory to 230 patients undergoing antineoplastic chemotherapy during the second wave of COVID-19 in Brazil. The means ± SD of the scales were calculated and correlated (Spearman'srho). After categorization, chi-square and multinomial regression models were used to identify risk factors (p