Validity of the psycho-oncology screening tool (POST)

Journal of Psychosocial Oncology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 475-498

  Kilbourn, Kristin Michelle ^a   Bargai, Neta ^b   Durning, Patricia Ellen ^c   Deroche, Kathryn ^a   Madore, Shannon ^a   Zabora, James ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b HERZOG HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

Author keywords

distress; oncology; psychosocial; screening; validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; BRIEF SYMPTOM INVENTORY; CANCER PATIENT; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT OF CANCER THERAPY FATIGUE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; INTERNAL VALIDITY; INTERPERSONAL SUPPORT EVALUATION LIST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN DISABILITY INDEX; PHYSICAL STRESS; PROFILE OF MOOD STATES; PSYCHO ONCOLOGY SCREENING TOOL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; SCREENING TEST; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 80052451930     PISSN: 07347332     EISSN: 15407586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07347332.2011.599359     Document Type: Article

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