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World J Psychiatry. Nov 19, 2026; 16(11): 122492
Published online Nov 19, 2026. doi: 10.5498/wjp.122492
Published online Nov 19, 2026. doi: 10.5498/wjp.122492
Psychiatric symptoms in patients with lung cancer following postoperative acute respiratory distress syndrome
Wen-Xing Li, Department of Anesthesiology, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin 300060, China
Wen-Xing Li, Department of Anesthesiology, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy, Tianjin 300060, China
Wen-Xing Li, Department of Anesthesiology, Tianjin’s Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin 300060, China
Yu-Sheng Huang, Department of Respiratory Diseases, Zhangzhou Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Zhangzhou 363000, Fujian Province, China
Lin-Lin Luo, The Second Department of Respiratory Disease, Jiangxi Provincial People’s Hospital (The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang Medical College), Nanchang 330006, Jiangxi Province, China
Dong-Sheng Yue, Department of Lung Cancer, Tianjin Lung Cancer Center, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin 300060, China
Dong-Sheng Yue, Department of Lung Cancer, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy, Tianjin 300060, China
Dong-Sheng Yue, Department of Lung Cancer, Tianjin’s Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin 300060, China
Author contributions: Li WX and Yue DS contributed equally to this study, they contributed to conceptualization, investigation, data curation; Li WX contributed to methodology and writing - original draft; Li WX, Huang YS, Luo LL, and Yue DS contributed to writing - review and editing; Li WX and Luo LL contributed to formal analysis and visualization; Huang YS contributed to data collection and literature search; Yue DS contributed to supervision, project administration, funding acquisition and corresponding author. All the authors have read and approved the final version of the manuscript.
AI contribution statement: All of us authors confirm that this manuscript was written, revised, and approved by ourselves without the use of any AI tools. All authors are fully responsible for the completeness, accuracy, originality, and scientificity of the manuscript.
Institutional review board statement: This study was reviewed and approved by the Medical Ethics Committee of Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital (approval No. 2026-02-19).
Informed consent statement: Patients were not required to give informed consent to the study because the analysis used anonymous clinical data that were obtained after each patient agreed to treatment by written consent.
Conflict-of-interest statement: All the authors report no relevant conflicts of interest for this article.
STROBE statement: The authors have read the STROBE Statement-checklist of items, and the manuscript was prepared and revised according to the STROBE Statement-checklist of items.
Data sharing statement: No available data.
Corresponding author: Dong-Sheng Yue, PhD, Associate Chief Physician, Department of Lung Cancer, Tianjin Lung Cancer Center, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, No. 1 North Huanhu West Road, Sports Institute, Hexi District, Tianjin 300060, China. dongshy1111@163.com
Received: May 22, 2026
Revised: June 30, 2026
Accepted: July 28, 2026
Published online: November 19, 2026
Processing time: 159 Days and 19.3 Hours
Revised: June 30, 2026
Accepted: July 28, 2026
Published online: November 19, 2026
Processing time: 159 Days and 19.3 Hours
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Core Tip: This retrospective observational study explored anxiety, depression, and sleep disturbance after postoperative acute respiratory distress syndrome in patients with lung cancer. Sleep disturbance was the most frequent outcome and appeared to drive many of the composite psychological-sleep endpoints. Female sex, severe acute respiratory distress syndrome, tho