Open AccessMeasurement of Irritability in Cancer Patients
Author(s) -
Amy Y. Zhang,
Stephen J. Ganocy
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
nursing research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.577
H-Index - 91
eISSN - 1538-9847
pISSN - 0029-6562
DOI - 10.1097/nnr.0000000000000411
Subject(s) - irritability , intraclass correlation , medicine , cronbach's alpha , clinical psychology , breast cancer , distress , confirmatory factor analysis , physical therapy , cancer , psychology , psychometrics , anxiety , psychiatry , structural equation modeling , statistics , mathematics
Irritability is common among people who are physically ill, but a physical underpinning of irritability is not assessed by existing measures. A measure that assesses multidimensionality of irritability can help nurses and clinicians provide better care for people with cancer and, thus, reduce a risk for developing depression during cancer treatment.