Development of a distress inventory for cancer: preliminary results.
J Postgrad Med
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2002 Jan-Mar; 48(1): 16-20
Article
Dans Anglais
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| ID: sea-116574
ABSTRACT
CONTEXT Advances in cancer treatment have led to cure and prolongation of patients' lives; however associated psychosocial problems, including distress, can detrimentally affect patients' compliance with treatment and ultimately, their outcome. Symptom distress has been well addressed in many studies; however, psychological distress has only been quantified by using depression or anxiety scales/checklists or quality of life scales containing a distress sub scale/component or by the use of scales that are not psychological distress-specific. AIMS:
The present study is an attempt to construct a psychological distress inventory for specific use with cancer patients. SETTINGS ANDDESIGN:
The standardisation sample consisted of 63 randomly selected patients with head and neck cancer who had undergone/ were undergoing curative treatment at the Regional Cancer Centre, Trivandrum. PATIENTS ANDMETHODS:
The Distress Inventory for Cancer contained 57 positively and negatively toned items. An item analysis was conducted, followed by a factor analysis, thereby identifying the domains influencing distress.RESULTS:
The final questionnaire contained 26 items subdivided into four domains viz. the personal, spiritual, physical, and the family domains, with each domain providing a sub score. The reliability coefficient (Cronbach's alpha) of the scale was found to be 0.85.CONCLUSIONS:
These are the preliminary results of an ongoing study on global distress and tool development process. Reported here is the first step towards development of such tool.
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Indice:
IMSEAR (Asie du Sud-Est)
Sujet Principal:
Échelles d'évaluation en psychiatrie
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Qualité de vie
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Auto-évaluation (psychologie)
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Stress psychologique
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Sujet âgé de 80 ans ou plus
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Sujet âgé
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Femelle
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Humains
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Mâle
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Enquêtes et questionnaires
Type d'étude:
Étude pronostique
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Recherche qualitative
Limites du sujet:
Aged80
langue:
Anglais
Texte intégral:
J Postgrad Med
Année:
2002
Type:
Article
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