Distress and Psychosocial Needs in Patients Accessing a Cancer Day Surgery Division: Implications for Clinical Decision Making

Frontiers in Psychology

Paola Arnaboldi¹ 

关键词: distress;    distress thermometer;    decision making;    needs assessment;    psychological assessment;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2016.02040

学科分类：心理学（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Introduction: The Distress Thermometer (DT) was built and validated for screening cancer patients for distress, as suggested by the National Comprehensive Cancer Network. The current work was designed to measure the rates of distress in a sample of patients being hospitalized in a multidisciplinary outpatient surgery clinic. Objective: To measure the rates of distress in a sample of patients referring to a multidisciplinary day surgery division in a comprehensive cancer center based in Northern Italy.

【 授权许可】

CC BY