Psychological distress during the 2019 Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) pandemic among cancer survivors and healthy controls

doi:10.1002/pon.5437

. 2020 Sep;29(9):1380-1383.

doi: 10.1002/pon.5437. Epub 2020 Jul 3.

Psychological distress during the 2019 Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) pandemic among cancer survivors and healthy controls

Danielle W L Ng^{1

2}, Frederick H F Chan³, Tom J Barry^{3

4}, Cherry Lam^{1

2}, Ching Y Chong^{1

2}, Hiu C S Kok^{1

2}, Qiuyan Liao¹, Richard Fielding^{1

2}, Wendy W T Lam^{1

2

5}

Affiliations

¹ Centre for Psycho-Oncological Research and Training, Division of Behavioural Sciences, School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong, Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong.
² Jockey Club Institute of Cancer Care, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong.
³ Department of Psychology, The University of Hong Kong, Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong.
⁴ Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, England.
⁵ School of Nursing, The University of Hong Kong, Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong.

PMID: 32497353
PMCID: PMC7300758
DOI: 10.1002/pon.5437

Psychological distress during the 2019 Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) pandemic among cancer survivors and healthy controls

Danielle W L Ng et al. Psychooncology. 2020 Sep.

. 2020 Sep;29(9):1380-1383.

doi: 10.1002/pon.5437. Epub 2020 Jul 3.

Authors

Danielle W L Ng^{1

2}, Frederick H F Chan³, Tom J Barry^{3

4}, Cherry Lam^{1

2}, Ching Y Chong^{1

2}, Hiu C S Kok^{1

2}, Qiuyan Liao¹, Richard Fielding^{1

2}, Wendy W T Lam^{1

2

5}

Affiliations

¹ Centre for Psycho-Oncological Research and Training, Division of Behavioural Sciences, School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong, Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong.
² Jockey Club Institute of Cancer Care, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong.
³ Department of Psychology, The University of Hong Kong, Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong.
⁴ Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, England.
⁵ School of Nursing, The University of Hong Kong, Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong.

PMID: 32497353
PMCID: PMC7300758
DOI: 10.1002/pon.5437

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Keywords: attentional bias; cancer survivors; catastrophic thinking about Covid-19 pandemic; health anxiety; psychological distress.

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[1] Leung GM, Lam TH, Ho LM, et al. The impact of community psychological responses on outbreak control for severe acute respiratory syndrome in Hong Kong. J Epidemiol Community Health. 2003;57(11):857‐863. - PMC - PubMed

[2] Leung GM, Lam TH, Ho LM, et al. The impact of community psychological responses on outbreak control for severe acute respiratory syndrome in Hong Kong. J Epidemiol Community Health. 2003;57(11):857‐863. - PMC - PubMed

[3] Holmes EA, O'Connor RC, Perry VH, et al. Multidisciplinary research priorities for the COVID‐19 pandemic: a call for action for mental health science. Lancet Psychiatry. 2020;7(6):547‐560. - PMC - PubMed

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[5] Lam WW, Ng D, Wong S, Lee T, Kwong A, Fielding R. The role of cognitive bias in relation to persistent distress among women diagnosed with breast cancer. Psychooncology. 2018;27:982‐989. - PubMed

[6] Lam WW, Ng D, Wong S, Lee T, Kwong A, Fielding R. The role of cognitive bias in relation to persistent distress among women diagnosed with breast cancer. Psychooncology. 2018;27:982‐989. - PubMed

[7] Ng DWL, Foo CC, Ng SS, et al. The role of metacognition and its indirect effect through cognitive attentional syndrome on fear of cancer recurrence trajectories: a longitudinal study. Psychooncology. 2020;29(2):271‐279. - PubMed

[8] Ng DWL, Foo CC, Ng SS, et al. The role of metacognition and its indirect effect through cognitive attentional syndrome on fear of cancer recurrence trajectories: a longitudinal study. Psychooncology. 2020;29(2):271‐279. - PubMed

[9] Snaith R, Zigmond A. The hospital anxiety and depression scale. Br Med J (Clin Res Ed). 1986;292(6516):344. - PMC - PubMed

[10] Snaith R, Zigmond A. The hospital anxiety and depression scale. Br Med J (Clin Res Ed). 1986;292(6516):344. - PMC - PubMed

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