Screening for psychologic distress in ambulatory cancer patients
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Screening for psychologic distress in ambulatory cancer patients.
BACKGROUND Based on evidence that psychologic distress often goes unrecognized although it is common among cancer patients, clinical practice guidelines recommend routine screening for distress. For this study, the authors sought to determine whether the single-item Distress Thermometer (DT) compared favorably with longer measures currently used to screen for distress. METHODS Patients (n = 3...
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عنوان ژورنال: Cancer
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0008-543X,1097-0142
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.20940