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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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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/). |
spellingShingle | Article 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 |
title | Psychological Well-Being of Cancer Patients before and during the Pandemic: The Impact of COVID-19 Peritraumatic Distress |
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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