The Effect of COVID-19 on Lung Cancer Screening.

Background During the COVID-19 pandemic, many hospitals suspended non-essential medical procedures to reduce transmission and prioritize personal protective equipment (PPE) for COVID-19 patients. Hospitals that continued these procedures faced uncertainty about patient attendance. Multiple factors could explain a decline in patient attendance during the pandemic, including patients' reluctance to risk COVID-19 exposure in the hospital or their own illness requiring self-isolation.

Demographic, Environmental, and Psychosocial Influences on Resilience Toward Chronic Stress.

As studied previously, chronic stress environments lead to the formation of distinctive resilience groupings when related to individual outcomes among participants. The majority of the population has decreased mental and physical strength during prolonged periods of mental distress but returns to baseline status when those stressors are removed. Others have increased and decreased mental fortitude despite the removal of stressors.