Using Rasch analysis to examine the distress thermometer’s cut-off scores among a mixed group of patients with cancer

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 2257-2265

  Lambert, Sylvie D ^a   Pallant, Julie F ^b   Clover, Kerrie ^c,d   Britton, Benjamin ^c,d,e   King, Madeleine T ^f   Carter, Gregory ^c,g  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c CALVARY MATER NEWCASTLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Cancer; Depression; Psychological tests; Psychometrics; Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CENTER; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS THERMOMETER; FEMALE; HAMILTON ANXIETY SCALE; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEOPLASM; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RASCH ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THERMOMETER; URINARY TRACT CANCER; VERY ELDERLY; ADOLESCENT; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; ROC CURVE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84909579730     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: 15732649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-014-0673-0     Document Type: Article

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