Can the Distress Thermometer be improved by additional mood domains? Part II. What is the optimal combination of Emotion Thermometers?

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 134-140

  Mitchell, Alex J ^a,b   Baker Glenn, Elena A ^c   Park, Bert ^d,e   Granger, Lorraine ^f   Symonds, Paul ^f  

^a LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b LEICESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Duncan Macmillan House   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^e NOTTINGHAMSHIRE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF LEICESTER NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anger; Anxiety; Cancer; Depression distress thermometer; Diagnostic accuracy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ANGER; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD; SCORING SYSTEM; THERMOMETER; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ANGER; ANXIETY DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 76049091649     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1557     Document Type: Article

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