Screening for psychological distress in follow-up care to identify head and neck cancer patients with untreated distress

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 2541-2548

  Krebber, Anne Marie H ^a   Jansen, Femke ^a   Cuijpers, Pim ^b   Leemans, C René ^a   Verdonck de Leeuw, Irma M ^a,b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Head and neck cancer; Oncology; Screening for psychological distress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; EORTC QLQ C30 SCALE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; H AND N35 MODULE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HRQOL SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH PAIN; PATIENT CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; SCREENING; SEXUALITY; SPEECH DISORDER; AFTERCARE; AGED; DEPRESSION; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; PAIN; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AFTERCARE; AGED; DEPRESSION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; QUALITY OF LIFE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84951727225     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-015-3053-6     Document Type: Article

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