Screening for Distress in Oncological Patients: The Revised Version of the Psychological Distress Inventory (PDI-R)
BackgroundPsychological research in oncological settings is steadily increasing and the construct of psychological distress has rapidly gained popularity—leading to the development of questionnaires aimed at its measurement. The Psychological Distress Inventory (PDI) is one of the most used instrume...
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| description | BackgroundPsychological research in oncological settings is steadily increasing and the construct of psychological distress has rapidly gained popularity—leading to the development of questionnaires aimed at its measurement. The Psychological Distress Inventory (PDI) is one of the most used instruments, but its psychometric properties were not yet deeply evaluated. The present studies aimed at investigating the psychometric properties of the PDI (Study 1) and providing a revised version of the tool (Study 2).MethodsOncological outpatients were enrolled at the Department of Medical Oncology of the Presidio Ospedaliero of Saronno, ASST Valle Olona, Italy. For the first study (N = 251), an Exploratory Graph Analysis was used to explore the item structure of the PDI. In the second study (N = 902), the psychometric properties of the revised PDI (PDI-R) were deeply assessed.ResultsStudy 1 showed that the PDI has a not clear structure and it should be reconsidered. On the opposite, Study 2 showed that the revised version (PDI-R) has a solid factorial structure, it is invariant across gender and age, and it has good psychometric properties.ConclusionResults suggest that the PDI-R is a reliable measure of psychological distress in different samples of oncological patients, with stronger psychometric properties than the original version. Its use in the clinical and research field is therefore recommended to improve the quality of both assessment and treatment of psychological distress in patients with oncological problems. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-487497047a6f4d9caa3d3325d8be1e6f2022-12-22T00:12:34ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782022-05-011310.3389/fpsyg.2022.859478859478Screening for Distress in Oncological Patients: The Revised Version of the Psychological Distress Inventory (PDI-R)Alessandro Alberto Rossi0Alessandro Alberto Rossi1Maria Marconi2Federica Taccini3Claudio Verusio4Stefania Mannarini5Stefania Mannarini6Section of Applied Psychology, Department of Philosophy, Sociology, Education, and Applied Psychology, University of Padova, Padua, ItalyInterdepartmental Center for Family Research, University of Padova, Padua, ItalyDepartment of Medical Oncology, Presidio Ospedaliero di Saronno, ASST Valle Olona, Saronno, ItalyInterdepartmental Center for Family Research, University of Padova, Padua, ItalyDepartment of Medical Oncology, Presidio Ospedaliero di Saronno, ASST Valle Olona, Saronno, ItalySection of Applied Psychology, Department of Philosophy, Sociology, Education, and Applied Psychology, University of Padova, Padua, ItalyInterdepartmental Center for Family Research, University of Padova, Padua, ItalyBackgroundPsychological research in oncological settings is steadily increasing and the construct of psychological distress has rapidly gained popularity—leading to the development of questionnaires aimed at its measurement. The Psychological Distress Inventory (PDI) is one of the most used instruments, but its psychometric properties were not yet deeply evaluated. The present studies aimed at investigating the psychometric properties of the PDI (Study 1) and providing a revised version of the tool (Study 2).MethodsOncological outpatients were enrolled at the Department of Medical Oncology of the Presidio Ospedaliero of Saronno, ASST Valle Olona, Italy. For the first study (N = 251), an Exploratory Graph Analysis was used to explore the item structure of the PDI. In the second study (N = 902), the psychometric properties of the revised PDI (PDI-R) were deeply assessed.ResultsStudy 1 showed that the PDI has a not clear structure and it should be reconsidered. On the opposite, Study 2 showed that the revised version (PDI-R) has a solid factorial structure, it is invariant across gender and age, and it has good psychometric properties.ConclusionResults suggest that the PDI-R is a reliable measure of psychological distress in different samples of oncological patients, with stronger psychometric properties than the original version. Its use in the clinical and research field is therefore recommended to improve the quality of both assessment and treatment of psychological distress in patients with oncological problems.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.859478/fulldistresspalliative caredistress thermometerpsychological distressoncologypsycho-onchology |
| spellingShingle | Alessandro Alberto Rossi Alessandro Alberto Rossi Maria Marconi Federica Taccini Claudio Verusio Stefania Mannarini Stefania Mannarini Screening for Distress in Oncological Patients: The Revised Version of the Psychological Distress Inventory (PDI-R) Frontiers in Psychology distress palliative care distress thermometer psychological distress oncology psycho-onchology |
| title | Screening for Distress in Oncological Patients: The Revised Version of the Psychological Distress Inventory (PDI-R) |
| title_full | Screening for Distress in Oncological Patients: The Revised Version of the Psychological Distress Inventory (PDI-R) |
| title_fullStr | Screening for Distress in Oncological Patients: The Revised Version of the Psychological Distress Inventory (PDI-R) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Screening for Distress in Oncological Patients: The Revised Version of the Psychological Distress Inventory (PDI-R) |
| title_short | Screening for Distress in Oncological Patients: The Revised Version of the Psychological Distress Inventory (PDI-R) |
| title_sort | screening for distress in oncological patients the revised version of the psychological distress inventory pdi r |
| topic | distress palliative care distress thermometer psychological distress oncology psycho-onchology |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.859478/full |
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