Symptom Attribution, Help Seeking and Willingness to Undergo Diagnostic Investigations for Bowel Cancer Symptoms in People With Anxiety and/or Depression—A Vignette Study
People with A/D should be encouraged to take bodily changes typical of cancer seriously and be proactive in help seeking and taking tests. Clinicians need to be aware that people with A/D may misattribute bodily changes associated with cancer and support them to seek help and undergo testing.
Authors
- Cristina Renzi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3845-9493)
- Rupert Payne (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5842-4645)
- Gary Abel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2231-5161)
- Christian von Wagner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7971-0691)
- Bettina Friedrich (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0823-3672)
- Lucy Mitchinson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3648-2913)
- Georgios Lyratzopoulos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2873-7421)
- Samuel WD Merriel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2919-9087)
Institutions
- Vita-Salute San Raffaele University (IT)
- Queen Mary University of London (GB)
- University of Exeter (GB)
- Manchester Academic Health Science Centre (GB)
- University of Manchester (GB)
- University College London (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Psycho-Oncology
- Published
- 2025-04-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/pon.70151
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Cancer survivorship and care
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.05
Funders
- National Institute for Health and Care Research
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Programme Grants for Applied Research