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- The study investigated how oncologic outpatients' perceptions of COVID-19 risk and their level of optimism affect their distress compared to healthy individuals during the Italian lockdown.!* -
- Data were collected from 150 cancer patients and 150 healthy participants using various questionnaires, revealing that healthy individuals and those with lower optimism reported higher distress linked to negative perceptions of COVID-19.!* -
- Results showed cancer patients had a more positive view of their illness and lower risk perception for COVID-19, suggesting that proper protective measures are essential to prevent underestimating real risks among these patients.!*
Article Abstract
Objective: This study aimed to explore risk estimations (perceived risk, dispositional optimism) related to COVID-19 perception and distress in oncologic outpatients undergoing active hospital treatments compared to the general population.
Design And Main Outcome Measures: Data were collected during the Italian lockdown on 150 oncologic outpatients and a sample of 150 healthy subjects. They completed a battery of questionnaires including the Perceived Risk scale, the Brief Illness Perception Questionnaire, the Life Orientation Test- Revised and the Patient Health Questionnaire-4. Descriptive statistics, correlation analysis, and a moderated mediation model were performed to test the study hypotheses.
Results: The moderated mediation model attested significant conditional indirect associations of both clinical status and dispositional optimism with distress through the mediation of COVID-19 perceived risk. Healthy individuals and less optimistic people were more likely than others to report higher psychological distress only when they showed neutral or negative COVID-19-related illness perception.
Conclusions: Cancer patients manifest a lower risk perception and a more positive illness representation related to COVID-19 compared to control subjects; the distress level is not associated with the clinical status, but it is moderated by illness perception. Adequate protective behaviors in cancer patients may avoid a dangerous underestimation of objective risks.
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