How does the distress thermometer compare to the hospital anxiety and depression scale for detecting possible cases of psychological morbidity among cancer survivors?

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 119-127

  Boyes, Allison ^a   D'Este, Catherine ^a   Carey, Mariko ^a   Lecathelinais, Christophe ^b   Girgis, Afaf ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b HUNTER NEW ENGLAND POPULATION HEALTH   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cancer; Psychological distress; Screening; Sensitivity; Specificity; Survivor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURVIVOR; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DISTRESS THERMOMETRY; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NEW SOUTH WALES; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVIVORS; VICTORIA;

EID: 84874108232     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-012-1499-3     Document Type: Article

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