Development and psychometric evaluation of the Basic Documentation for Psycho-Oncology, a tool for standardized assessment of cancer patients

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 373-381

  Knight, Lucie ^a   Mussell, Monika ^a   Brandl, Tobias ^b   Herschbach, Peter ^b   Marten Mittag, Birgitt ^b   Treiber, Martina ^a   Keller, Monika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Audit; Cancer patients; Expert rating scale; Psycho Oncology; Psychosocial distress; Structured assessment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BASIC DOCUMENTATION FOR PSYCHOONCOLOGY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACTORIAL DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PHYSICAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; DOCUMENTATION; FEMALE; GRIEF; HELPLESSNESS, LEARNED; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRICS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SHAME; SICK ROLE; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS;

EID: 40949155725     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2008.01.003     Document Type: Article

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