The utility of the Edmonton Symptom Assessment System in screening for anxiety and depression

European Journal of Cancer Care

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 60-69

  Bagha, S M ^a   Macedo, A ^a   Jacks, L M ^b   Lo, C ^a   Zimmermann, C ^a   Rodin, G ^a   Li, Madeline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b CANCER CARE ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Distress screening; Edmonton Symptom Assessment System; GAD 7; PHQ 9

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; AREA UNDER CURVE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84871712253     PISSN: 09615423     EISSN: 13652354     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2354.2012.01369.x     Document Type: Article

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