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This article reports the results of assessment of psychological distress in primary caregivers of children with cancer undergoing treatment at a tertiary care center.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>Primary caregivers of children with cancer (\u226415\u00a0years) taking treatment at our institute during the period of July 2020 to August 2020 were prospectively evaluated for psychological distress using Patient Health Questionnaire\u20109 (PHQ\u20109) and Generalized Anxiety Disorder\u20107 (GAD\u20107) tools over a telephonic call. There were 2 cohorts, A and B (50 participants each) depending on whether child was diagnosed with COVID\u201019 or not respectively during the study period.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>The assessment tool, PHQ\u20109 showed a score of \u226510 in 13% (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a013) participants (95%CI:7.1%\u201321.2%) in the entire cohort and in 16% (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a08, 95%CI:5.8%\u201326.2%) and 10% (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a05, 95%CI:1.7%\u201318.3%) participants in cohort A and cohort B respectively. GAD\u20107 showed a score of \u22658 in 18% (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a018) participants (95%CI:11.0%\u201327.0%) in the entire cohort and in 20% (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a010, 95%CI:8.9%\u201331.1%) and 16% (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a08, 95%CI:5.8%\u201326.2%) participants in cohort A and cohort B respectively. All participants were assessed, and supportive psychotherapeutic interventions administered over telephonic call.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>Primary caregivers should be assessed and followed up for psychological distress irrespective of other co\u2010existing factors. 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