The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale in Greek cancer patients: Psychometric analyses and applicability

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 821-825

  Mystakidou, Kyriaki ^a   Tsilika, Eleni ^a   Parpa, Efi ^a   Katsouda, Emmanuela ^a   Galanos, Antonis ^a   Vlahos, Lambros ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Cancer; Depression; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GREECE; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TRANSLATIONS;

EID: 12144262247     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-004-0698-y     Document Type: Article

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