Cancer treatment survey (CaTS): Development and validation of a new instrument to measure patients' preparation for chemotherapy and radiotherapy

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 307-315

  Schofield, Penelope ^a,b   Gough, Karla ^a   Ugalde, Anna ^a,b   Carey, Mariko ^c   Aranda, Sanchia ^a,b   Sanson Fisher, Rob ^c  

^a PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

cancer preparation; chemotherapy; measurement; radiotherapy; validation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER TREATMENT SURVEY; COLON CANCER; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGED; ANXIETY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; DEPRESSION; DRUG THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIOTHERAPY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84858044944     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1896     Document Type: Article

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