Stability and repeatability of the distress thermometer (DT) and the edmonton symptom assessment system-revised (ESASr) with parents of childhood cancer survivors

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2016, Pages

  Leclair, Tatsiana ^a,b   Carret, Anne Sophie ^a   Samson, Yvan ^a   Sultan, Serge ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; BRIEF SYMPTOM INVENTORY; CANCER SURVIVOR; CHILDHOOD CANCER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DISTRESS THERMOMETER; EDMONTON SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT SYSTEM REVISED ANXIETY; EDMONTON SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT SYSTEM REVISED DEPRESSION; EMOTION; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER 7; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFE EVENTS SCALE; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEASUREMENT ERROR; MEASUREMENT REPEATABILITY; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT; PARENTAL STRESS; PATIENT HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE 9; PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE ASSESSMENT; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCHOOL STRESS; SOLID TUMOR; TEMPORAL STABILITY; TEST INSTABILITY MEASUREMENT; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VALIDITY; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COMPLICATION; DIAGNOSIS; ETIOLOGY; MENTAL STRESS; NEOPLASM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVOR; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PARENTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVIVORS; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84982692340     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0159773     Document Type: Article

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