Validation of the Distress Thermometer, Impact Thermometer and combinations of these in screening for distress

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 609-614

  Baken, Donald McLaren ^a   Woolley, Cheryl ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

anxiety; depression; diagnostic validity; Distress Thermometer; Impact Thermometer; screening

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CENTER; CANCER PATIENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DISTRESS THERMOMETER; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; IMPACT THERMOMETER; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADJUSTMENT DISORDERS; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CANCER CARE FACILITIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NEW ZEALAND; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 79957809068     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1934     Document Type: Article

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