The usefulness and feasibility of a screening instrument to identify psychosocial problems in patients receiving curative radiotherapy: A process evaluation

BMC Cancer

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Braeken, Anna P B M ^a,b   Kempen, Gertrudis I J M ^a   Eekers, Daniëlle ^c   van Gils, Francis C J M ^a   Houben, Ruud M A ^a   Lechner, Lilian ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

^c Institute Verbeeten   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN ENDED QUESTIONNAIRE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; PSYCHOTHERAPIST ATTITUDE; SCREENING INVENTORY OF PSYCHOSOCIAL PROBLEM; SCREENING TEST; SELF REPORT; TOOL USE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; NETHERLANDS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOTHERAPY; STANDARD;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIOTHERAPY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 80455174424     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2407-11-479     Document Type: Article

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