tailieunhanh - báo cáo hóa học:" Development and validation of a psychosocial screening instrument for cancer"

Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về hóa học được đăng trên tạp chí sinh học đề tài : Development and validation of a psychosocial screening instrument for cancer | Health and Quality of Life Outcomes BioMed Central Research Open Access Development and validation of a psychosocial screening instrument for cancer Wolfgang Linden 1 2 Dahyun Yi1 Maria Cristina Barroetavena2 3 Regina MacKenzie2 and Richard Doll2 Address Psychology Department The University of British Columbia 2136 West Mall Psychology UBC Vancouver BC V6T 1Z4 Canada 2British Columbia Cancer Control Agency Canada and 3Health Care and Epidemiology University of British Columbia Canada Email Wolfgang Linden - wlinden@ Dahyun Yi - dyi@ Maria Cristina Barroetavena - mbarroet@ Regina MacKenzie - gmacken@ Richard Doll - rdoll@ Corresponding author Published 07 September 2005 Received 13 April 2005 .J A . _ ÌAAC - .CA J_ .IA I lotiiATi -TC C - CA Accepted 07 September 2005 Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2005 3 54 doi 1477-7525-3-54 This article is available from http content 3 1 54 2005 Linden et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background We are reporting on the development of a psychosocial screening tool for cancer patients. The tool was to be brief at a relatively low reading level capture psychological variables relevant to distress and health-related quality-of-life in cancer patients possess good reliability and validity and be free of copyright protection. Method Item derivation is described data on reliability and validity as well as norms are reported for three samples of cancer patients n 1057 n 570 n 101 . Results The resulting 21-item psychological screen for cancer PSCAN assesses perceived social support desired social support health-related quality-of-life anxiety and depression. It has good .