Validation of Malaysian translated distress thermometer with problem checklist among the breast cancer survivors in Malaysia

Yong HW 1 , Zubaidah J 2 , Saidi M 3 , Zailina H 1

Affiliations 

  • 1 Department of Community Health, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
  • 2 Department of Psychiatry, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
  • 3 Department of Biomedical Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
Asian J Psychiatr, 2012 Mar;5(1):38-42.
PMID: 26878945 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajp.2011.12.007

Abstract

Distress thermometer (DT) is a single-item measure generated to assess the psychological distress among cancer patients. The aim of this study was to validate the translated DT as a tool to determine the psychological distress level and assess the factors associated with distress among the working breast cancer survivors and also to compare with the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS).

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