A review and recommendations for optimal outcome measures of anxiety, depression and general distress in studies evaluating psychosocial interventions for english-speaking adults with heterogeneous cancer diagnoses

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1241-1262

  Luckett, Tim ^a   Butow, Phyllis N ^a   King, Madeleine T ^a   Oguchi, Mayumi ^a   Heading, Gaynor ^b,c   Hackl, Nadine A ^b   Rankin, Nicole ^a,d   Price, Melanie A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b New South Wales Cancer Registry   (Australia)

^c Clinical Education and Training Institute   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Cancer; Depression; Distress; Patient reported outcomes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CENTRE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES DEPRESSION SCALE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; MOOD DISORDER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFILE OF MOOD STATES; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SELF REPORT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 77956541773     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-010-0932-8     Document Type: Review

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