The German version of the NCCN Distress Thermometer: Validation of a screening instrument for assessment of psychosocial distress in cancer patients;Die deutsche version des NCCN Distress-Thermometers: Empirische prüfung eines screening-instruments zur erfassung psychosozialer belastung bei krebspatienten

Zeitschrift fur Psychiatrie, Psychologie und Psychotherapie

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 213-223

  Mehnert, Anja ^a   Müller, Diana ^a   Lehmann, Claudia ^a   Koch, Uwe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cancer; NCCN Distress Thermometer; Psychosocial distress; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING TEST; SOCIAL PROBLEM; THERMOMETER; VALIDATION STUDY;

EID: 33746526652     PISSN: 16614747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/1661-4747.54.3.213     Document Type: Article

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