Use of the Distress Thermometer in Cancer Survivors: Convergent Validity and Diagnostic Accuracy in a Spanish Sample

• Published in: Oncology nursing forum Vol. 46; no. 4; pp. 442 - 450
• Main Authors: Andreu Vaillo, Yolanda, Martínez Lopez, Paula, Galdón Garrido, María J
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Oncology Nursing Society 01.07.2019
• Subjects: Accuracy; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Anxiety; Cancer; Cancer survivors; Cancer Survivors - psychology; Clinical medicine; Female; Humans; Life insurance; Male; Measuring instruments; Medical diagnosis; Middle Aged; Nursing; Oncology; Performance evaluation; Psychometrics - standards; Quality of life; Quantitative psychology; Questionnaires; Sensitivity and Specificity; Spain; Stress, Psychological - diagnosis; Translations; Spain; Distress Thermometer; psychosocial distress; diagnostic accuracy; cancer survivors

To explore the performance of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network Distress Thermometer (DT) as a distress screening tool in cancer survivors. 236 Spanish adult-onset cancer survivors who visited the Fundación Instituto Valenciano de Oncología in Valencia, Spain, for follow-up appointments. Sur...