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Psychological Well-Being of Cancer Patients before and during the Pandemic: The Impact of COVID-19 Peritraumatic Distress

Background: This study aimed to evaluate the psychological impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cancer patients. Methods: Ninety cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy with antiblastics were recruited from a tertiary medical center and completed a battery of standardized questionnaires to assess anxi...

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Autores principales: Bochicchio, Ilaria, La Rosa, Valentina Lucia, Marino, Graziella, Craparo, Giuseppe, Commodari, Elena, Deiana, Giovanni, Sanseverino, Francesca, Tartarone, Alfredo, Conca, Raffaele, Lettini, Alessandro Rocco
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10002171/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36901117
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20054106
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author Bochicchio, Ilaria
La Rosa, Valentina Lucia
Marino, Graziella
Craparo, Giuseppe
Commodari, Elena
Deiana, Giovanni
Sanseverino, Francesca
Tartarone, Alfredo
Conca, Raffaele
Lettini, Alessandro Rocco
author_facet Bochicchio, Ilaria
La Rosa, Valentina Lucia
Marino, Graziella
Craparo, Giuseppe
Commodari, Elena
Deiana, Giovanni
Sanseverino, Francesca
Tartarone, Alfredo
Conca, Raffaele
Lettini, Alessandro Rocco
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description Background: This study aimed to evaluate the psychological impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cancer patients. Methods: Ninety cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy with antiblastics were recruited from a tertiary medical center and completed a battery of standardized questionnaires to assess anxiety, depression, peritraumatic stress, and quality of life before and during the pandemic. Results: Quality of life worsened significantly during the pandemic compared with the pre-pandemic period. Anxiety and depression levels also increased significantly during the pandemic. COVID-19 peritraumatic distress significantly predicted lower quality-of-life scores during the pandemic. Conclusions: COVID-19 distress affected the overall quality of life of patients who already had lower levels of quality of life before the pandemic and who had advanced cancers. Cancer patients must receive adequate support from psychiatrists and psychologists to mitigate the psychological distress related to the pandemic.
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spelling pubmed-100021712023-03-11 Psychological Well-Being of Cancer Patients before and during the Pandemic: The Impact of COVID-19 Peritraumatic Distress Bochicchio, Ilaria La Rosa, Valentina Lucia Marino, Graziella Craparo, Giuseppe Commodari, Elena Deiana, Giovanni Sanseverino, Francesca Tartarone, Alfredo Conca, Raffaele Lettini, Alessandro Rocco Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Background: This study aimed to evaluate the psychological impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cancer patients. Methods: Ninety cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy with antiblastics were recruited from a tertiary medical center and completed a battery of standardized questionnaires to assess anxiety, depression, peritraumatic stress, and quality of life before and during the pandemic. Results: Quality of life worsened significantly during the pandemic compared with the pre-pandemic period. Anxiety and depression levels also increased significantly during the pandemic. COVID-19 peritraumatic distress significantly predicted lower quality-of-life scores during the pandemic. Conclusions: COVID-19 distress affected the overall quality of life of patients who already had lower levels of quality of life before the pandemic and who had advanced cancers. Cancer patients must receive adequate support from psychiatrists and psychologists to mitigate the psychological distress related to the pandemic. MDPI 2023-02-25 /pmc/articles/PMC10002171/ /pubmed/36901117 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20054106 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Bochicchio, Ilaria
La Rosa, Valentina Lucia
Marino, Graziella
Craparo, Giuseppe
Commodari, Elena
Deiana, Giovanni
Sanseverino, Francesca
Tartarone, Alfredo
Conca, Raffaele
Lettini, Alessandro Rocco
Psychological Well-Being of Cancer Patients before and during the Pandemic: The Impact of COVID-19 Peritraumatic Distress
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title_full Psychological Well-Being of Cancer Patients before and during the Pandemic: The Impact of COVID-19 Peritraumatic Distress
title_fullStr Psychological Well-Being of Cancer Patients before and during the Pandemic: The Impact of COVID-19 Peritraumatic Distress
title_full_unstemmed Psychological Well-Being of Cancer Patients before and during the Pandemic: The Impact of COVID-19 Peritraumatic Distress
title_short Psychological Well-Being of Cancer Patients before and during the Pandemic: The Impact of COVID-19 Peritraumatic Distress
title_sort psychological well-being of cancer patients before and during the pandemic: the impact of covid-19 peritraumatic distress
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10002171/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36901117
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20054106
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