The Distress Thermometer in Spanish cancer patients: Convergent validity and diagnostic accuracy

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 3095-3102

  Martínez, Paula ^a   Galdón, María José ^a   Andreu, Yolanda ^a   Ibáñez, Elena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

BSI 18; Cancer; Diagnostic accuracy; Distress Thermometer; Psychosocial distress; Screening

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BRIEF SYMPTOM INVENTORY 18; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL UTILITY INDEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERGENT VALIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DISTRESS THERMOMETER; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM LIST; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISTRESS; PSYCHOSOCIAL QUESTIONNAIRE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REFERENCE VALUE; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPAIN; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AGED; ANXIETY; COUNSELING; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPAIN; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84885665669     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-013-1883-7     Document Type: Article

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