Areas of intervention | Definition | Most frequent requests | Cases number |
Cancer plus COVID-19 | Emotional distress experience when faced with a possible infection or COVID-19 disease: recurrent thoughts and behaviors of self-inspection and compulsive cleaning. | Infection fear with health consequences Fear of worsening cancer disease Uncertainty regarding cancer treatments | 61 |
Quarantine plus cancer | Negative emotional responses to confinement: frustration and loneliness, concern about economic and employment issues, and even grieving process for a deceased relative of COVID-19 | Boredom and frustration over confinement Emotional distress associated overload of information Perception of high loneliness | 74 |
Cancer usual worries | It refers to: the oncological disease and treatments, the sequelae during the survival period and the emotional needs of palliative care | Oncological pain Fear of death and disease recurrence Problems in managing the sequels of cancer without support | 75 |
Care of family members | Emotional aspects due to the Coronavirus and the oncological disease of a loved one, plus communication and relationship of the caregiver. | Stress due to overloading of care tasks: patients, minors, telework Fear that the cancer patient will get COVID-19 Worsening of the previous grieving process | 25 |