Psychological distress of the COVID-19 pandemic: A comparison between cancer patients and healthy controls

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00021164

Enrollment

220

Registered

2020-03-27

Start date

2020-03-16

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-04-07

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Conditions

oncological diagnosis

Interventions

Group 1: One assessment of psychological burden (e.g. anxiety, depressive symptoms) and behavioural changes due to the COVID-19 pandemic in oncological patients Group 2: One assessment of psychologi

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Group 1: oncological patients of the University Hospital Essen Group 2: matched healthy controls

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Group 1: no oncological diagnosis, under 18 years Group 2: Matching criteria not met, under 18 years

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Psychological distress and behavioural changes of oncology patients and matched healthy controls in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Investigation of the health status, locus of control (internal, external), subjektive risk of disease (risk of falling ill with COVID-19, to get mild symptoms, to fall seriously ill and to die), and perceived informedness of oncological patients compared to healthy controls	—

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactVenja Musche

Klinik für Psychosomatische Medizin und Psychotherapie, LVR-Klinikum Essen, Kliniken und Institut der Universität Duisburg-Essen

venja.musche@uni-due.de0201 438755 227

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026