Understanding Barriers and Distress Experienced Among Cancer Patients: Analysis from an Urban Academic Emergency Department

The purpose of this study was to examine barriers and facilitators to compliance for cancer care in patients utilizing an emergency department (ED)–based assessment. Adult ED patients who either had active cancer or a history of cancer were enrolled between August 2020 and Jan 2022 for this prospective cohort study. We piloted the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) Distress Thermometer. Multivariable regression analyses were used to assess the predictors of high distress. Of the 152 patients enrolled, 73