Identifying psychological morbidity among people with cancer using the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale: Time to revisit first principles?

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 229-238

  Carey, Mariko ^a   Noble, Natasha ^a   Sanson Fisher, Robert ^a   MacKenzie, Lisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

anxiety; cancer; depression; oncology; psychological distress; screening

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; CANCER PATIENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; GOLD STANDARD; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENTAL DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; MORBIDITY; ONCOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING; STRUCTURED CLINICAL INTERVIEW FOR DSM DISORDERS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEOPLASMS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VALIDATION STUDIES AS TOPIC;

EID: 84858081292     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.2057     Document Type: Review

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