Psychological distress prior to surgery is related to symptom burden and health status in lung cancer survivors Linares Moya, Marta Rodríguez Torres, Janet Heredia Ciuró, Alejandro Granados Santiago, María López López, Laura Quero Valenzuela, Florencio Valenza, Marie Carmen Lung cancer Health status Survivors Symptoms Open Access funding provided thanks to the CRUE-CSIC agreement with Springer Nature. This work was supported by the Spanish Ministry of Education [grant numbers, FPU:16/01531 and FPU:17/00408] and the "Ilustre Colegio Profesional de Fisioterapeutas de Andalucia", through a project (05158/18P/MA). Purpose Patients with lung cancer experience a variety of distressing symptoms which could adversely affect quality of life. The aim of this study was to determine whether psychological distress prior to surgery is associated to health status and symptom burden in lung cancer survivors. Methods A longitudinal observational study with 1‐year follow‐up was carried out. Health status was measured by the WHO Disability Assessment Scale (WHO-DAS 2.0), the Euroqol-5 dimensions (EQ-5D) and the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI). Symptoms severity included dyspnoea (Multidimensional Profile of Dyspnoea); pain (Brief Pain Inventory); fatigue (Fatigue Severity Scale); and cough (Leicester Cough Questionnaire). Results One hundred seventy-four lung cancer patients were included. Patients in the group with psychological distress presented a worse self-perceived health status, functionality and sleep quality. The group with psychological distress also presented higher dyspnoea, fatigue and pain. Conclusion Patients with psychological distress prior surgery present with a greater symptom burden and a poorer selfperceived health status, lower functionality and sleep quality, than patients without distress 1 year after the lung resection. 2021-10-19T08:48:23Z 2021-10-19T08:48:23Z 2021-09-20 info:eu-repo/semantics/article Linares-Moya, M... [et al.]. Psychological distress prior to surgery is related to symptom burden and health status in lung cancer survivors. Support Care Cancer (2021). [https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-021-06537-7] http://hdl.handle.net/10481/70967 10.1007/s00520-021-06537-7 eng http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Atribución 3.0 España Springer