Distress in hospitalized cancer patients: Associations with personality traits, clinical and psychosocial characteristics.

Objective: To improve allocation of psychosocial care and to provide patient-oriented support offers, identification of determinants of elevated distress is needed. So far, there is a lack of evidence investigating the interplay between individual disposition and current clinical and psychosocial determinants of distress in the inpatient setting.

Methods: In this cross-sectional study, we investigated 879 inpatients with different cancer sites treated in a German Comprehensive Cancer Center.

Factors associated with the decline of psychological support in hospitalized patients with cancer.

Objective: Many distressed cancer patients do not want or, finally, do not use psychological support. This study aimed at identifying factors associated with the decline of psychological support during hospital stay.

Methods: This cross-sectional study included inpatients with different cancer diagnoses.