%0 Journal Article %T The Psychological Distress of Cancer Patients following the COVID-19 Pandemic First Lockdown: Results from a Large French Survey %+ Sciences Economiques et Sociales de la Santé & Traitement de l'Information Médicale (SESSTIM - U1252 INSERM - Aix Marseille Univ - UMR 259 IRD) %+ Institut Paoli-Calmettes (IPC) %+ Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Marseille (CRCM) %A Marino, Patricia %A Touzani, Rajae %A Pakradouni, Jihane %A Ben Soussan, Patrick %A Gravis, Gwenaelle %@ 2072-6694 %J Cancers %I MDPI %V 14 %N 7 %P 1794 %8 2022-04 %D 2022 %R 10.3390/cancers14071794 %M 35406566 %K COVID-19 %K anxiety %K cancer %K post-traumatic stress disorder %Z Life Sciences [q-bio]Journal articles %X Cancer patients commonly experience psychological distress that may increase with the current COVID-19 pandemic. This prospective study aimed to measure post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and anxiety in cancer patients following France’s first COVID-19-related lockdown, together with associated factors. Cancer patients receiving outpatient treatment or post-treatment follow-up completed a questionnaire which measured, among other things, PTSD (IES-R), anxiety (State-Trait Anxiety Inventory), and fear of cancer recurrence (FCR). Of the 1097 patients included in the study, 14.7% and 30.5% suffered from PTSD and anxiety, respectively. Patients afraid to come to hospital due to the risk of COVID-19 transmission (OR = 3.49, p < 0.001), those with a negative lockdown experience (OR = 0.98, p < 0.001), women (OR = 1.97; p = 0.009), and patients living alone (OR = 1.63, p = 0.045) were all more likely to have PTSD. Older patients (OR = 1.65, p = 0.020), women (OR = 1.62, p = 0.018), those with a higher FCR score (OR = 5.02, p < 0.001), patients unsatisfied with their cancer management (OR = 2.36, p < 0.001), and those afraid to come to hospital due to COVID-19 (OR = 2.43, p < 0.001) all had a higher risk of anxiety. These results provide a greater understanding of the psychological consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic in cancer patients and highlight the need to better integrate psychosocial support in pandemic response measures in order to guide health systems. %G English %2 https://inserm.hal.science/inserm-04042655/document %2 https://inserm.hal.science/inserm-04042655/file/cancers-14-01794-v2.pdf %L inserm-04042655 %U https://inserm.hal.science/inserm-04042655 %~ INSERM %~ IRD %~ CNRS %~ UNIV-AMU %~ U1252 %~ CRCM