Die deutsche Version des NCCN Distress-Thermometers
- 1 January 2006
- journal article
- Published by Hogrefe Publishing Group in Zeitschrift für Psychiatrie, Psychologie und Psychotherapie
- Vol. 54 (3), 213-223
- https://doi.org/10.1024/1661-4747.54.3.213
Abstract
Zusammenfassung: Das NCCN Distress-Thermometer ist ein vom National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) entwickeltes Screeninginstrument zur Erfassung psychosozialer Belastungen bei onkologischen Patienten. Es besteht aus einer Skala von 0 bis 10 und einer Problemliste als Überweisungsschema zu entsprechenden professionellen Diensten. International wird ein Cut-off-Wert von 5 als Signal empfohlen, dass ein Patient auffällig belastet ist und Unterstützung benötigt. Die deutsche Adaptation erfolgte an einer Stichprobe von n = 475 Krebspatienten in der onkologischen Rehabilitation. Zur Validierung wurde die Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS-D) und die Kurzform des Fragebogens zur Progredienzangst (PA-F 12) eingesetzt. Die Diskriminationsfähigkeit des Distress-Thermometers ist besonders zur Identifikation einer hohen Belastung (HADS Cut-off > 11) mit AUC-Werten von 0.71 bis 0.76 gut. Bei einem Cut-off-Wert von 5 im Distress-Thermometer zeigen sich bei moderater Belastung in den Merkmalen Angst und/o... The German Version of the NCCN Distress Thermometer: Validation of a Screening Instrument for Assessment of Psychosocial Distress in Cancer Patients The NCCN Distress-Thermometer is a brief screening tool for cancer patients to assess distress. It has been developed by the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) in the US. It consists of a scale from 0-10 and a problem list which provides information to which health care professionals a patient should be referred. A score of 5 is internationally recommended as an indicator that a patient is distressed and needs support. For the German adaptation, a sample of n = 475 cancer patients was assessed during oncological rehabilitation. To validate the screening tool, we used the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS-D) and the brief version of the Fear of Progression Questionnaire (PA-F 12). The discriminating power of the Distress-Thermometer was particularly good when screening for higher levels of anxiety or/and depression (HADS Cut-off >...Keywords
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