No patients left behind: A systematic review of the cultural equivalence of distress screening instruments

Journal of Psychosocial Oncology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 679-693

  Kayser, Karen ^a   Acquati, Chiara ^a   Tran, Thanh V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

cultural equivalence; distress; screening instruments; systematic review

Indexed keywords

BRIEF SYMPTOM INVENTORY; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; CULTURAL SENSITIVITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTIONAL STRESS; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PSYCHOMETRY; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; ETHNIC GROUPS; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MINORITY GROUPS; NEOPLASMS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84868263021     PISSN: 07347332     EISSN: 15407586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07347332.2012.721489     Document Type: Review

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