Identification of patient-reported distress by clinical nurse specialists in routine oncology practice: A multicentre UK study

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1076-1083

  Mitchell, Alex J ^a,b   Hussain, Nadia ^c   Grainger, Lorraine ^d   Symonds, Paul ^b  

^a LEICESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF LEICESTER NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

accuracy; cancer; depression; diagnosis; distress; identification; sensitivity; specificity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL NURSE SPECIALIST; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PREVALENCE; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED KINGDOM;

GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; NURSE CLINICIANS; NURSING DIAGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 80053378129     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1815     Document Type: Article

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