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Identifying and predicting behaviour outcomes in cancer patients undergoing curative treatment
Author(s) -
Thomas Bejoy Cherian,
Pandey Manoj,
Ramdas Kunnambath,
Thomas Immanuel,
Changat Manoj,
NandaMohan Vasudevanpillai,
Nair Madhavan Krishnan
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
psycho‐oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.41
H-Index - 137
eISSN - 1099-1611
pISSN - 1057-9249
DOI - 10.1002/pon.818
Subject(s) - cancer , medicine , intensive care medicine
Abstract A lot of emphasis is now being placed in early identification of ‘distress’, a state that lies between the feelings of sadness and apprehension, and clinically defined syndromes. It is assumed that an intervention at this stage will check the progression along the continuum in cancer patients. We have been working in global distress in cancer patients undergoing multimodality treatment with curative intent, for over 5 years. It all started with the generation of a hypothesis which led to the development of the ‘Distress Inventory for Cancer’, its refinement, and finally to modelling distress. This article gives a brief overview of our work on distress as conceptualised by the National Comprehensive Cancer Network in 1998, adopted and modified by us using informal patient interviews, expert Delphi exercise and structured patient interviews. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.