Use of distress and depression thermometers to measure psychosocial morbidity among southern European cancer patients

Gil, Francisco; Grassi, Luigi; Travado, Luzia; Tomamichel, Michele; González, Juan R.

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“…Gil and colleagues assessed a mixed sample of European cancer patients at various disease stages and found an optimal DT cutoff of 4 (sensitivity = 0.65, specificity = 0.79) [17] relative to the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) total score [18]. Jacobsen et al studied a mixed sample of long-term cancer survivors and found a DT cutoff of 4 to have 0.77 sensitivity and 0.68 specificity relative to the HADS total score and 0.70 sensitivity and 0.70 specificity relative to the Brief Symptom Inventory short form (BSI-18) [19].…”

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Sensitivity and specificity of the Distress Thermometer for depression in newly diagnosed breast cancer patients

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Background-Receiving a new diagnosis of breast cancer is a distressing experience that may precipitate an episode of major depressive disorder. Efficient screening methods for detecting depression in the oncology setting are needed. This study evaluated the receiver operating characteristics (ROC) of the single-item Distress Thermometer (DT) for detecting depression in women newly diagnosed with Stage I-III breast cancer.

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Sensitivity and specificity of the Distress Thermometer for depression in newly diagnosed breast cancer patients

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“…in 8 Running Head: POLICE STRESS AND GENDER workers after a traumatic incident (see Mehnert, Nanninga, Fauth & Schäfer, 2012). It is a rapid screening instrument; each person rates their level of distress during the previous week on a visual analogue scale that ranges from 0 to 10 (0 = not distressed; 10 = extremely distressed) (Gil, Grassi, Travado, Tomamichel & Gonzalez, 2005). The sources of distress considered regarded practical problems (5 items, e.g.…”

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Stress among Italian male and female patrol police officers: a quali-quantitative survey

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Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies &Amp; Management

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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to carry out a quali-quantitative study to analyze unease and perceived stress in a population of 485 male and female police officers in a large city in northern Italy, and investigate the consequences of these and the coping strategies adopted. The working context the paper chose to investigate was the Municipal Police, which is characterized by strong links with the local community. As suggested in the literature, the paper focalized the attention both on organizational and operational stressors. Design/methodology/approach – Quali-quantitative study: a self-administered questionnaire. Findings – Results show that both men and women are self-critical and their evaluation of the professional and contextual circumstances in which they operate is filtered by pessimism and self-blame, with higher levels of somatization in women: female patrol police officers are at the highest risk of psychological distress. Originality/value – This is, to the best of the knowledge, the first quali-quantities study in Italy to consider the gender variable within a single police force.

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“…El TD ha sido adaptado a distintas lenguas y poblaciones (6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14)(15) y se ha utilizado para la detección temprana del malestar emocional en pacientes con distintos tipos de cáncer (5,(15)(16)(17)(18) . Se han llevado a cabo estudios de validación utilizando pruebas bien establecidas para la detección de sintomatología ansioso-depresiva como la Escala de Ansiedad y Depresión Hospitalaria (19) o el Inventario Breve de Síntomas (20) , entre otras.…”

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“…El primero de estos estudios fue llevado a cabo por Roth et al quienes encontraron una concordancia del 74,4% entre el TD y la HADS utilizando un punto de corte de 5 puntos, en una muestra de 93 pacientes con cáncer de próstata (5) . Sin embargo, no existe acuerdo entre los autores sobre cuál es el punto de corte óptimo que debe utilizarse, que varía en los diferentes estudios (tabla 1), entre 4 (8)(9)(10)(11)17,18,21,22) y 5 puntos (6,12,13,15,(23)(24)(25)(26) . Con el fin de organizar toda la información en este campo, se han llevado a cabo revisiones sistemáticas (27,28) y metaanáli-sis (29,30) para el estudio de la eficacia de los métodos de cribado del malestar emocional en pacientes oncológicos.…”

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El termómetro del distrés como prueba de cribado de ansiedad y depresión en pacientes oncológicos recién diagnosticados

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ResumenObjetivo: El Termómetro del Distrés (TD) es una de las pruebas de cribado de malestar emocional más utilizadas y estudiadas en pacientes oncológicos. Sin embargo, genera numerosos falsos positivos. Además, aún no ha sido convenientemente estudiado con población española, ni en muestras de pacientes recién diagnosticados. El presente estudio analiza el rendimiento diagnóstico del TD en una muestra española de pacientes oncológicos recién diagnosticados.Método: Se evaluó el rendimiento diagnós-tico del TD en una muestra de 135 pacientes con diagnóstico oncológico empleando como pruebas de referencia la Escala de Ansiedad y Depresión Hospitalaria (HADS) y una entrevista diagnóstica semiestructurada.Resultados: El TD mostró un rendimiento diagnóstico aceptable (Área Bajo la Curva, ABC=0,79) para detectar malestar emocional usando la HADS como referencia. El punto de corte óptimo fue de 4 puntos (Sensibilidad=0,89; Especificidad=0,56). El rendimiento diagnóstico del TD empleando la combinación de la entrevista clínica y la HADS como referencia fue bueno (ABC=0,86). El punto de corte óptimo fue de 6 puntos (Sensibilidad=0,82; Especificidad=0,76). AbstractObjective: The Distress Thermometer (DT) is one of the most used and studied screening tests of psychological distress in cancer patients. However, it includes many false positives. Furthermore, it has not been adequately studied with Spanish populations or with recently diagnosed patients. This research examines the diagnostic performance of the DT with a sample of Spanish recently diagnosed cancer patients.Method: The diagnostic performance of DT was assessed in a sample of 135 recently diagnosed cancer patients using the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) and a semi-structured diagnostic interview as gold standard.Results: The diagnostic performance of DT was acceptable (AUC=0.79) to detect psychological distress using the HADS as gold standard. The optimal cut-off score was 4 (Sensitivity=0.89; Specificity=0.56). The diagnostic performance of DT using the HADS plus the diagnostic interview as gold standard was good (AUC=0.86).The optimal cut-off score was 6 (sensitivity=0.82; Specificity=0.76).Discussion: The DT is an appropriate screening test to detect anxiety and depressive disorders in recently diagnosed cancer

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Use of distress and depression thermometers to measure psychosocial morbidity among southern European cancer patients

Cited by 140 publications

References 35 publications

Sensitivity and specificity of the Distress Thermometer for depression in newly diagnosed breast cancer patients

Sensitivity and specificity of the Distress Thermometer for depression in newly diagnosed breast cancer patients

Stress among Italian male and female patrol police officers: a quali-quantitative survey

El termómetro del distrés como prueba de cribado de ansiedad y depresión en pacientes oncológicos recién diagnosticados

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