Impact of health-related stigma on psychosocial functioning in cancer patients: Construct validity of the stigma-related social problems scale.

Emma Ohlsson-NevoJohan AhlgrenJan Karlsson

Published in: European journal of cancer care (2020)

The SSP scale is a feasible instrument with sound psychometric properties that is validated in a study on 728 cancer patients. The instrument can be used to identify cancer patients at risk for psychosocial disturbances and thus in need of support.

Keyphrases

mental health
psychometric properties
mental illness
patient reported outcomes
hiv aids
hepatitis c virus
hiv infected
human immunodeficiency virus