Validation of an item bank for detecting and assessing psychological distress in cancer patients

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 195-199

  Smith, Adam B ^a   Rush, Robert ^b   Wright, Penny ^c   Stark, Dan ^c   Velikova, Galina ^c   Sharpe, Michael ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARGARET UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Emotional distress; Item bank; Oncology; Psychiatric interview

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL ITEM FUNCTIONING; DISTRESS SYNDROME; HAMILTON SCALE; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRESENT STATE EXAMINATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RASCH ANALYSIS; SCHEDULE FOR CLINICAL NEUROPSYCHIATRY; STRUCTURED CLINICAL INTERVIEW FOR DSM DISORDERS; VALIDATION STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; NEOPLASM; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED KINGDOM;

DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NEOPLASMS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 66149086987     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1423     Document Type: Article

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