Development of a screening tool for the identification of psychooncological treatment need in breast cancer patients

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 974-983

  Meraner, Verena ^a   Giesinger, Johannes ^a   Kemmler, Georg ^a   Taucher, Susanne ^a   Hubalek, Michael ^a   Weber, Barbara ^b   Rumpold, Gerhard ^a   Sperner Unterweger, Barbara ^a   Holzner, Bernhard ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cancer; Oncology; Psychosocial; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER THERAPY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTIONALITY; EORTC QUALITY OF LIFE QUESTIONNAIRE C30; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HORNHEIDE SCREENING INSTRUMENT; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; OUTPATIENT; PILOT STUDY; PREDICTION; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SCREENING TEST; SELF CONCEPT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEOPLASM STAGING; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SICK ROLE; SOFTWARE;

EID: 70449433311     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1480     Document Type: Article

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