Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms in Patients With Cancer During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A One-Year Longitudinal Study

Ce dossier présente un ensemble d'articles concernant la prise en charge des cancers durant la crise sanitaire liée à la COVID-19

Résumé en anglais

The COVID-19 pandemic spread worldwide in January 2020 and led to national measures such as lockdowns and curfews in many parts of the world as soon as March/April 2020. This stressful event has deeply and lastingly impacted populations in health, psychological, social, and financial aspects.1,2 Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is defined as the direct or indirect exposure to a stressor (eg, actual or threatened death) followed by symptoms of intrusive memories, avoidance, and hyperarousal that persist for >1 month.3 PTSD and related disorders, such as anxiety, distress, and depression, have been reported during past pandemics, such as Ebola virus, severe acute respiratory syndrome, and H1N1 influenza, and their effects are compounded by the public health measures required, such as quarantine.4 The COVID-19 pandemic is unprecedented due to the repetition and duration of multiple waves of infections and lockdowns, and it may have deeper, long-term psychological consequences. (...)