Can the Distress Thermometer be improved by additional mood domains? Part I. Initial validation of the Emotion Thermometers tool

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 125-133

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

^a LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b LEICESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Duncan Macmillan House   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

Anger; Anxiety; Depression; Diagnostic validity; Distress thermometer; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGER; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MOOD; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THERMOMETER; VALIDATION PROCESS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

AFFECT; ANGER; ANXIETY DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 76049105658     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1523     Document Type: Article

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