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Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Ppublish 1 citation

PubMed: 38747184 DOI: 10.1111/aphw.12552

Supportive care needs and anxious-depressive symptoms in cancer patients: An interaction effect between emotional competence and the COVID-19 pandemic?

Appl Psychol Health Well Being 16(4):1716-1730

Authors: Anne-Sophie Baudry, Emilie Charton, Benedicte Hivert, Aurelien Carnot, Tatiana Ceban, Sophie Dominguez, Antoine Lemaire, Capucine Aelbrecht-Meurisse, Veronique Christophe

Affiliations

  • Pôle Cancérologie et Spécialités Médicales, Centre Hospitalier de Valenciennes, Valenciennes, France.
  • Univ. Lille, CNRS, UMR 9193 - SCALab - Sciences Cognitives et Sciences Affectives, Lille, France.
  • Human and Social Sciences Department, Centre Léon Bérard, Lyon, France.
  • Department of Clinical Research and Innovation, Centre Léon Bérard, Lyon, France.
  • Service d'onco-hématologie, Hôpital Saint Vincent de Paul, GHICL, Lille, France.
  • Pôle d'oncologie médicale, Centre Oscar Lambret, Lille, France.
  • Service d'Oncologie, Centre Hospitalier de Dunkerque, Dunkerque, France.
  • Pôle de soins de support et de médecine palliative, Centre Oscar Lambret, Lille, France.
  • Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CRCL, UMR Mixte INSERM 1052-CNRS 5286, Lyon, France.

Abstract

The main objective was to assess the link between emotional competence (EC) and adjustment outcomes such as supportive care needs (SCN) and anxious-depressive symptoms in cancer patients starting chemotherapy. The second objective was to assess the interaction effect between EC and the COVID-19 pandemic (i.e. patients included before or during the pandemic) on these outcomes. At the beginning of care, 255 patients with digestive or hematological cancer, recruited before the pandemic began (n = 156, 61.2%) or during the pandemic (n = 99, 38.8%), completed the Short Profile of Emotional Competence, the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, and the Supportive Care Needs Survey Short Form. Partial correlations and multiple regressions were used. Intrapersonal EC showed negative significant correlations with psychological unmet SCN (r = -.32, p < .001), anxiety (r = -.37, p < .001), and depression (r = -.46, p < .001). Interpersonal EC showed only significant interaction effects (p < .05): it was only associated with fewer unmet physical and daily SCN (p < .002) and fewer depressive symptoms (p < .004) during pandemic. Results show significant associations between intrapersonal EC and better adjustment of cancer patients from the early stage of care. Interpersonal EC seems to be a significant resource to deal with illness only in difficult contexts such as the COVID-19 pandemic.

MeSH

Depression, Neoplasms, Psychology, Applied, Signs And Symptoms, Covid-19, Pandemics, Emotional Intelligence