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Reliability and Validity of the Psychosocial Distress Questionnaire-Breast Cancer.
- Source :
- Journal of Nursing Measurement; 2014, Vol. 22 Issue 2, pE14-28, 1p
- Publication Year :
- 2014
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Abstract
- Background and Purpose: To evaluate the psychometric properties of the Psychosocial Distress Questionnaire-Breast Cancer (PDQ-BC) and to compare its referrals with the Distress Thermometer (DT). Methods: Group 1 (N = 54) and Group 2 (N = 80) completed the PDQ-BC. Group 2 also completed the DT, the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), and World Health Organization Quality of Life instrument-100 (WHOQOL-100; n = 55). Results: Moderate to high correlations (r ≥ .44, p < .001) were found between related facets of the PDQ-BC, WHOQOL-100, and DT. The subscales state anxiety and depressive symptoms (PDQ-BC) have a sensitivity of 87.5% and 78.6%, respectively, and a specificity of 81.1% and 73.0%, respectively, compared to the HADS. Conclusions: The PDQ-BC shows good construct validity, test-retest reliability, and sensitivity to change. The PDQ-BC has a satisfactory sensitivity and specificity of the subscales state anxiety and depressive symptoms. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- QUALITY of life
PSYCHOLOGICAL stress
BREAST tumors
ANXIETY
CANCER patient psychology
CONFIDENCE intervals
STATISTICAL correlation
MENTAL depression
RESEARCH methodology
PSYCHOLOGICAL tests
QUESTIONNAIRES
RESEARCH evaluation
STATISTICAL sampling
STATISTICAL reliability
VISUAL analog scale
MULTITRAIT multimethod techniques
RESEARCH methodology evaluation
CANCER & psychology
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10613749
- Volume :
- 22
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Nursing Measurement
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 109793120
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1891/1061-3749.22.2.14