Measuring distress in cancer patients: The Distress Thermometer in an Australian sample

Progress in Palliative Care

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 61-68

  Campbell, Alistair ^a   Steginga, Suzanne K ^b   Ferguson, Megan ^c   Beeden, Alison ^d   Walls, Melissa ^d   Cairns, Will ^d   Dunn, Jeff ^a,c,e  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CANCER COUNCIL QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d TOWNSVILLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Cancer patients; Depression; Distress thermometer

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DISTRESS THERMOMETER; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 70350159232     PISSN: 09699260     EISSN: 1743291X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/096992609X392259     Document Type: Article

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