Feasibility of brief psychological distress screening by a community-based telephone helpline for cancer patients and carers

BMC Cancer

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Hawkes, Anna L ^a,b   Hughes, Karen L ^c   Hutchison, Sandy D ^a   Chambers, Suzanne K ^a,d  

^a VIERTEL CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN CANCER CONTROL   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CAREGIVER; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DISTRESS THERMOMETER; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOMETRY; REFERENCE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TELEPSYCHIATRY; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCIBILITY; TELEPHONE;

AGED; AREA UNDER CURVE; CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; HOTLINES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 77349102059     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2407-10-14     Document Type: Article

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