Affective syndromes and their screening in cancer patients with early and stable disease: Italian ICD-10 data and performance of the Distress Thermometer from the Southern European Psycho-Oncology Study (SEPOS)

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 114, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 193-199

  Grassi, Luigi ^a,b   Sabato, Silvana ^a,b   Rossi, Elena ^a,b   Marmai, Luciana ^a,b   Biancosino, Bruno ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b Local Health Agency   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cancer; Distress Thermometer; ICD 10 psychiatric morbidity; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISTRESS THERMOMETER; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; OUTPATIENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THERMOMETER;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; ITALY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDERS; NEOPLASMS; OUTPATIENTS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYNDROME;

EID: 59649112574     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2008.07.016     Document Type: Article

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