Screening for distress, the 6th vital sign: Common problems in cancer outpatients over one year in usual care: Associations with marital status, sex, and age

BMC Cancer

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Giese Davis, Janine ^a,b,e   Waller, Amy ^a,b   Carlson, Linda E ^a,b   Groff, Shannon ^a   Zhong, Lihong ^a,b   Neri, Eric ^c   Bachor, Sacha M ^a   Adamyk Simpson, Jassandre ^a   Rancourt, Kate M S ^d   Dunlop, Bernie ^a   Bultz, Barry D ^a,b  

^a TOM BAKER CANCER CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e Department of Psychosocial Resources ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Age; Cancer; Common problems; Marital status; Oncology; Screening for distress; Sex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COMMON PROBLEM CHECKLIST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MARRIED MAN; MARRIED WOMAN; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT CARE; PREDICTION; PROSTATE CANCER; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; PSYCHOSOCIAL RESOURCES USE QUESTIONS; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE MAN; SINGLE WOMAN; SKIN CANCER; VITAL SIGN;

EID: 84866790062     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2407-12-441     Document Type: Article

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