One in two cancer patients is significantly distressed: Prevalence and indicators of distress.

Anja Mehnert-Theuerkauf Tim Julian HartungM FriedrichS VehlingE BrählerM HärterM KellerH SchulzK WegscheiderJ WeisU KochH Faller

Published in: Psycho-oncology (2017)

Our results show a high prevalence of psychological distress in cancer patients, as well as a set of problems that indicate the likely presence of other problems and high distress and can help clinicians identify distressed patients even if no routine distress screening is available.

Keyphrases

mental health
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
prognostic factors
risk factors
palliative care
clinical practice
patient reported outcomes