Recent evidence shows that psychological distress, including anxiety and depression, has an impact on the well-being and quality of life of cancer patients. A total of 76 haematological cancer patients (HCPs) were recruited from two major cancer treatment hospitals in Greece one in the capital and the other in the province and completed the Hospital Anxiety and Depression scale (HADS), the Psychological Well-Being scale (PWB), the European Organization for Research and Treatment Quality of Life Questionnaire-C30 (EORTC QLQ-C36) and demographic and clinical characteristics. Clinically significant anxiety (HADS- a > 11) and depression (HADS-d > 11) was observed in 69.7% and 53.9% of the patients, respectively. Higher anxiety, fatigue, and financial difficulties scores were significantly related to lower PWB score. Multivariate analyses revealed that increased depression was associated with decreased quality of life score (p < .001), lower cognitive functioning (p = .003) and increased fatigue (0.002) while increased anxiety was associated with decreased social and emotional functioning (p < .001), decreased well-being (p < .001) and increased financial difficulties (p < .05). Early detection of anxiety and depression signs through routine screening in HCPs may provide information about the subgroups of patients that are more vulnerable. Findings emphasize the need for appropriate interventions to address psychological distress.

Resilience has been defined as one’s ability to maintain a mental health state and overall well-being when undergoing grave stress or facing significant adversity. Numerous resilience-investigating research tools have been developed over the years, with the Connor–Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC), a self-rated tool presenting valuable psychometric properties, remaining one of the most prominent. We aimed to translate and validate the brief CD-RISC-10 in a convenience sample of 584 nurses in Greece’s secondary and tertiary health care system. We conducted a confirmatory factor analysis and known-groups validity test and estimated the reliability of the CD-RISC-10. Our confirmatory factor analysis revealed that the scale had a unifactorial structure since all the model fit indices were very good. Moreover, the reliability of the CD-RISC-10 was very good since the acquired Cronbach’s alpha and McDonald’s omega were 0.924 and 0.925, respectively. Therefore, the Greek version of the CD-RISC-10 confirmed the factor structure of the original scale and had very good validity and reliability.

Background: Vaccination against seasonal influenza has proven effective in preventing nosocomial influenza outbreaks among hospital patients and healthcare workers (HCWs). This study aims to explore the intention, motivation, and empowerment toward vaccination and vaccination advocacy as contributing factors for seasonal influenza vaccination in HCWs. Methods: A cross-sectional study in eight secondary hospitals in Greece was conducted from March to May 2022. An anonymous questionnaire was enclosed in an envelope and distributed to all participants, including questions on vaccine behavior and the MoVac-flu and MoVad scales. Results: A total of 296 participants completed the questionnaire. In multivariate logistic regression models adjusted for potential confounders, increased age, intention score, MoVac-flu scale score, and the presence of chronic diseases were significant predictors of influenza vaccination this year, while increased age, intention score, and presence of chronic diseases were predictors of vaccination every year. Conclusion: Vaccination uptake is simultaneously affected by logical cognitive processes (intention), together with factors related to motivation and empowerment in distinct self-regulatory domains such as value, impact, knowledge, and autonomy. Interventions focused on these identified predictors may be used as a guide to increase HCWs’ vaccination rates.