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Self-Report Screening Instruments Used for Identification of
Psychosocial Distress in Cancer Patients
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Title
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Items (no.)
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Time (min)
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Constructs Measured
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| Distress Thermometer
& Problem List [12] |
Varies |
2–3 |
Distress and problems related to the distress
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| Brief Symptom Inventory
(BSI) [17] |
53 |
7–10 |
Somatization, anxiety, interpersonal sensitivity, depression, hostility, phobic anxiety, paranoid ideation, psychoticism, obsessive-compulsiveness
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| Brief Symptom Inventory
(BSI-18) [17] |
18 |
3–5 |
Somatization, depression, anxiety, general distress
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| Hospital Anxiety and
Depression Scale
(HADS) [22-24] |
14 |
5–10 |
Symptoms of clinical depression and anxiety |
| Functional Assessment of
Chronic Illness Therapy
(FACIT; formerly the
FACT) [25] |
27 |
5–10 |
4 domains of quality of life: physical, functional, social/family, emotional well-being
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| Profile of Mood States
(POMS) [26] |
65 |
3–5 |
6 mood states: anxiety, fatigue, confusion, depression, anger, vigor
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| Zung Self-Rating
Depression Scale [27]
|
20 |
5–10 |
Symptoms of depression |
References
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Zabora JR: Screening procedures for psychosocial distress. In: Holland JC, Breitbart W, Jacobsen PB, et al., eds.: Psycho-oncology. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1998, pp 653-61.
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Derogatis LR, Melisaratos N: The Brief Symptom Inventory: an introductory report. Psychol Med 13 (3): 595-605, 1983.
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Kugaya A, Akechi T, Okuyama T, et al.: Prevalence, predictive factors, and screening for psychologic distress in patients with newly diagnosed head and neck cancer. Cancer 88 (12): 2817-23, 2000.
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Love AW, Kissane DW, Bloch S, et al.: Diagnostic efficiency of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale in women with early stage breast cancer. Aust N Z J Psychiatry 36 (2): 246-50, 2002.
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Cella DF, Tulsky DS, Gray G, et al.: The Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy scale: development and validation of the general measure. J Clin Oncol 11 (3): 570-9, 1993.
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McNair DM, Lorr M, Droppleman LF: Profile of Mood States Manual. San Diego, Calif: Educational and Industrial Testing Service, 1992.
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Dugan W, McDonald MV, Passik SD, et al.: Use of the Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale in cancer patients: feasibility as a screening tool. Psychooncology 7 (6): 483-93, 1998 Nov-Dec.
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