COVID-19 or Cancer Stress? Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms in Patients with Advanced Lung Cancer.

Tessa R BlevinsStephen B LoClarence A CokerNicole A ArratoSarah A ReisingerPeter G ShieldsBarbara L Andersen

Published in: International journal of behavioral medicine (2023)

Advanced lung cancer patients during the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic reported cancer stress as more important than COVID-19 stress in relation to their mental health. Empirically supported biobehavioral and cognitive behavioral treatments remain important to reducing psychological symptoms and enhancing patients' quality of life.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
mental health
depressive symptoms
coronavirus disease
sars cov
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
peritoneal dialysis
prognostic factors
sleep quality
squamous cell carcinoma
squamous cell
physical activity
young adults
social support
childhood cancer