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World J Psychiatry. Jun 19, 2026; 16(6): 116796
Published online Jun 19, 2026. doi: 10.5498/wjp.v16.i6.116796
Published online Jun 19, 2026. doi: 10.5498/wjp.v16.i6.116796
Correlation between positive degree and psychological distress in patients with interstitial lung disease
Ying Ding, Tian-Yu Chen, Xi-Yao Chen, Long Zhang, Jun-Kang Huang-Fu, Jun Zhou, Shu-Hong Guan, Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, The First People’s Hospital of Changzhou, Changzhou 212003, Jiangsu Province, China
Su-Hong Wang, Department of Clinical Psychology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, The First People’s Hospital of Changzhou, Changzhou 212003, Jiangsu Province, China
Co-first authors: Ying Ding and Tian-Yu Chen.
Co-corresponding authors: Jun Zhou and Shu-Hong Guan.
Author contributions: Ding Y and Chen TY contributed equally to this work as co-first authors, they conceived the study design and framework development, and contributed to the statistical analysis and manuscript drafting; Wang SH helped with data collection and scale validation; Chen XY and Zhang L contributed to clinical collaboration, data entry, cleaning and standardization; Huang-Fu JK helped with the preliminary verification; Zhou J and Guan SH contributed equally to this work as co-corresponding authors. they contributed to conceptualization, supervision, and manuscript revision and finalization.
Institutional review board statement: This study was reviewed and approved by the Ethics Committee of The First People’s Hospital of Changzhou.
Informed consent statement: All study participants or their legal guardians provided written informed consent before study enrollment.
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: The data used in this study can be obtained from the corresponding author upon request.
Corresponding author: Shu-Hong Guan, Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The First People’s Hospital of Changzhou, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Soochow Univer
Received: December 26, 2025
Revised: January 22, 2026
Accepted: March 2, 2026
Published online: June 19, 2026
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Revised: January 22, 2026
Accepted: March 2, 2026
Published online: June 19, 2026
Processing time: 153 Days and 0.4 Hours
Core Tip
Core Tip: Interstitial lung disease is a rare type of lung disease. It has physiological symptoms such as progressive dyspnea and also results in great psychological pressure due its long course and difficult treatment. This study aimed to explore the correlation between disease management positivity and psychological distress in 370 patients with interstitial lung disease. The results provide a basis for improving patients’ psychological status.