Screening for psychological distress : A new approach to identify the patient's psychological needs in a pilot study on oral cancer patients

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OBJECTIVE: A new screening tool has been developed to predict the psychological needs of patients with oral cancer.

METHOD: The new screening method was developed inductively. Screening was pretested using interviews and implemented with 71 patients with oral cancer. Factor analysis was carried out to shorten the questionnaire.

RESULTS: Negative and positive aspects explain forty per cent of the variance in distress, which should be adequate for a first screening. Seventy-nine per cent of the items deal with stable traits such as personality. The patients' objective need for support has to be another important part of this new screening.

CONCLUSIONS: Personality and other traits are good predictors for psychological distress. Longitudinal studies need to assess these new aspects of screening cancer patients to find out if they need psycho-oncological support.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2017

Erschienen:

2017

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:45

Enthalten in:

Journal of cranio-maxillo-facial surgery : official publication of the European Association for Cranio-Maxillo-Facial Surgery - 45(2017), 8 vom: 11. Aug., Seite 1133-1137

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Sisolefsky, Franziska [VerfasserIn]
Rana, Madiha [VerfasserIn]
Herzberg, Philipp Y [VerfasserIn]
Gellrich, Nils-Claudius [VerfasserIn]
Rana, Majeed [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Cancer
Journal Article
Oncology
Psychological needs
Screening

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Date Completed 31.05.2018

Date Revised 31.05.2018

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.jcms.2017.05.008

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM273038982