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Title: | Brief emotional screening in oncology: Specificity and sensitivity of the emotion thermometers in the Portuguese cancer population |
Authors: | Teixeira, Ricardo João Machado, José C Faria, Sara Remondes-Costa, Sónia Brandão, Tânia Branco, Margarida Moreira, Sara Pereira, M Graça |
Keywords: | Emotion Thermometers Distress Cancer Portugal Validation |
Issue Date: | 5-Jun-2019 |
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
Abstract: | Objective. This study aimed to determine the cutoff and the specificity and sensitivity of the Emotion Thermometers (ET) in a Portuguese sample of cancer patients. Method. A total of 147 patients (mean age = 49.2; SD = 12.6) completed the ET, the Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI), and the Subjective Experiences of Illness Suffering Inventory. Data were collected in a cancer support institution and in a major hospital in the North of Portugal. Result. The optimal cutoff for the Anxiety Thermometer was 5v6 (until 5 and 6 or more), which identified 74% of the BSI-anxiety cases and 70% of noncases. The Depression Thermometer cutoff was 4v5 (4 and 5 or more), which identified 85% of BSI-depression cases and 82% of noncases. Cutoff for the Anger Thermometer was 4v5 (4 and 5 or more), which identified 83% of BSI-hostility cases and 73% of noncases; for the Distress Thermometer, the optimal cutoff was 4v5 (4 and 5 or more), which identified 84% of the suffering cases and 73% of noncases. Finally, for the Help Thermometer, it was 3v4 (until 3 and 4 or more), which helped to identify 93% of the suffering cases and 64% of noncases. Significance of results. Results supported the Portuguese version of the ET as an important screening tool for identifying the emotional distress in cancer patients. |
Peer Reviewed: | yes |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/11144/4334 |
metadata.dc.identifier.doi: | https://doi.org/10.1017/S1478951519000208 |
Appears in Collections: | CIP - Artigos/Papers |
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