background: cancer has been known as a class of dangerous diseases which cause tremendous physical and emotional problems to both patients and their families. in spite of medical advances, cancer is still considered to be equal with death and pain. this study aims to analyze the emotional distress and the causes in breast cancer patients. methods: this study was a quantitative study which tries...

BACKGROUND Depression and Health Related Quality of Life have been associated with prognosis in lung cancer. As the Distress Thermometer measures emotional problems and may share similarities with aspects of Health Related Quality of Life, we aimed to retrospectively assess the prognostic value of the Distress Thermometer in lung cancer patients treated with chemotherapy. METHODS Patients wit...

background routine screening for distress is internationally recommended as a necessary standard for good cancer care given its high prevalence and negative consequences on quality of life. this study attempts to support validation of distress thermometer (dt) in shiraz, iran and in the second step to investigate privilege/priority of dt over other referent criterion measures. material and meth...

Cancer can cause patients to experience serious psychological distress 1. During diagnosis and treatment of the disease, patients not only experience a series of physical problems, such as pain, fatigue, nausea, vomiting, and sleep disorders, but also a series of mental health issues, including fear, sadness, anxiety, and depression 2. These physical and mental problems cause psychological dist...

Distress is commonly experienced by people with cancer. The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) developed a guideline for screening and managing distress in 1999 and has updated the guideline on an annual basis ever since. Using the five-phase framework for translational research, this article summarizes research findings related to the guideline and associated distress thermometer for...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Screening tools for depression and psychological distress commonly used in medical settings have not been well validated in stroke populations. We aimed to determine the accuracy of common screening tools for depression or distress in detecting caseness for a major depressive episode compared with a clinician-administered structured clinical interview for Diagnostic and S...

Psychological distress is common in patients with soft tissue and bone tumors. We first investigated its frequency the associated risk factors pre-operative Participants included 298 tumors who underwent surgery our institution between 2015 2020. was evaluated by Distress Impact Thermometer (DIT) that consists of two types questions (questions about severity patient’s (DIT-D) impact (DIT-I)). u...