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| العنوان: |
Psychological Distress in Outpatients With Lymphoma During the COVID-19 Pandemic. |
| المؤلفون: |
Romito, Francesca, Dellino, Miriam, Loseto, Giacomo, Opinto, Giuseppina, Silvestris, Erica, Cormio, Claudia, Guarini, Attilio, Minoia, Carla |
| المصدر: |
Frontiers in Oncology; 7/10/2020, Vol. 10, p1-6, 6p |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
COVID-19 pandemic, PSYCHOLOGICAL distress, POST-traumatic stress disorder, CHRONIC lymphocytic leukemia, LYMPHOMAS, HODGKIN'S disease |
| مصطلحات جغرافية: |
ITALY |
| مستخلص: |
Cancer patients are a population at high risk of contracting COVID-19 and, also of developing severe complications due to the infection, which is especially true when they are undergoing immunosuppressive treatment. Despite this, they had still to go to hospital to receive chemotherapy during lockdown. In this context, we have evaluated the psychological status of onco-hematological outpatients receiving infusion and not deferrable anti-neoplastic treatment for lymphoproliferative neoplasms, with the aim of both measuring the levels of post-traumatic symptoms, depression, and anxiety during the pandemic and also of investigating the perception of risk of potential nosocomial infection. The Impact of Event Scale-Revised (IES-R) and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) were administered to all patients. Moreover, patients were investigated about their worries regarding the impact of COVID-19 on their lives as onco-hematologic patients. Since the 2nd to the 29th April 2020 (during the first phase of the lockdown period in Italy), 77 outpatients were prospectively evaluated. They were diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, classical Hodgkin lymphoma, and Chronic lymphocytic leukemia/Small lymphocytic lymphoma. The mean age was 56.6 (range 22–85). We found that 36% of patients had anxiety (HADS-A), 31% depression (HADS-D), and 43% were above the cut-off for the HADS-General Scale; 36% fulfilled the diagnostic criteria for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Women and younger patients were found to be more vulnerable to anxiety and PTSD. The study firstly analyzes the psychological impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the frail population of patients affected by lymphoproliferative neoplasms, to underly the importance of screening patients for emotional and distress conditions and then offering them psychological support. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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