Discriminatory power of a 25-item distress screening tool: a cross-sectional survey of 251 cancer survivors

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2855-2863

  Miller, Melissa F ^a   Mullins, C Daniel ^b   Onukwugha, Eberechukwu ^b   Golant, Mitch ^a   Buzaglo, Joanne S ^a  

^a Cancer Support Community (CSC) Research and Training Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF PHARMACY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Community based; Distress; Oncology; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSIS; EVALUATION STUDY; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SURVIVOR; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84930806451     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: 15732649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-014-0742-4     Document Type: Article

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