Longitudinal follow-up study using the distress and impact thermometer in an outpatient chemotherapy setting

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 236-243

  Yamaguchi, Takashi ^a   Morita, Tatsuya ^b   Sakuma, Yumi ^a   Kato, Asayo ^b   Kunimoto, Yukihiro ^b   Shima, Yasuo ^b  

^a TSUKUBA MEDICAL CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b SEIREI MIKATAHARA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Distress thermometer; impact thermometer; outpatient chemotherapy; psychological distress

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER FATIGUE; CANCER PAIN; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS AND IMPACT THERMOMETER; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOMNOLENCE; SYMPTOM;

AMBULATORY CARE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84855870130     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: 18736513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2011.03.011     Document Type: Article

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