Pooled results from 38 analyses of the accuracy of distress thermometer and other ultra-short methods of detecting cancer-related mood disorders

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 25, Issue 29, 2007, Pages 4670-4681

  Mitchell, Alex J ^a  

^a LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CANCER PATIENT; CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES DEPRESSION SCALE; CONTENT VALIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DISTRESS THERMOMETER; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MOOD DISORDER; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; THERMOMETER; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; NEOPLASM; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCIBILITY; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL DISORDERS; MOOD DISORDERS; NEOPLASMS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 35648935929     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2006.10.0438     Document Type: Article

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