Routine psychosocial distress screening in radiotherapy: Implementation and evaluation of a computerised procedure

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 103, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1489-1495

  Dinkel, A ^a   Berg, P ^b   Pirker, C ^a   Geinitz, H ^a   Sehlen, S ^c   Emrich, M ^c   Marten Mittag, B ^a   Henrich, G ^a   Book, K ^a   Herschbach, P ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b IFT INSTITUT FÜR THERAPIEFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^c LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

computerised assessment; distress screening; psycho oncology; psychosocial distress; radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER MODEL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NURSE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STRESS; STAFF; STRESS INDEX RADIOONCOLOGY;

COMPUTERS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 78149465149     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6605930     Document Type: Article

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