Validation of an item bank for detecting and assessing psychological distress in cancer patients.

OBJECTIVE: To validate an item bank for assessing and detecting psychological distress in cancer patients by (1) identifying whether additional items are required in the full item bank; (2) identifying any item bias in the existing item bank; (3) linking levels of distress against thresholds derived...

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Main Authors: Smith, AB, Rush, R, Wright, P, Stark, D, Velikova, G, Sharpe, M
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2009