Can the distress thermometer (DT) identify significant psychological distress in long-term cancer survivors?: A comparison with the Brief Symptom Inventory-18 (BSI-18)

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 195-198

  Merport, Anna ^a   Bober, Sharon L ^a   Grose, Amy ^a   Recklitis, Christopher J ^a  

^a DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer survivors; Distress thermometerm; Psychological distress; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRIEF SYMPTOM INVENTORY; CANCER SURVIVOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DISTRESS THERMOMETER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; BRIEF PSYCHIATRIC RATING SCALE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PSYCHOMETRICS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVIVORS;

EID: 83555162596     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-011-1269-7     Document Type: Article

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