Cancer patients attending treatment during COVID-19: intolerance of uncertainty and psychological distress.

Miri Cohen Dana Yagil Ariel Aviv Michal Soffer Bar-Sela Gil

Published in: Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice (2022)

The mixed-methods design enabled us to examine the responses of cancer patients attending treatment. The findings suggest that in times of extreme uncertainty such as COVID-19, health experts need to screen cancer patients and survivors for emotional and instrumental support needs and identify patients and survivors with high intolerance of uncertainty as a risk factor for psychological distress.

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