Validity and feasibility of the Arabic version of distress thermometer for Saudi cancer patients.

BACKGROUND:The distress thermometer (DT) has been studied and validated as an effective screening instrument for identifying distress among cancer patients worldwide. This study aims to evaluate the validity of the Arabic version of the DT in Saudi cancer patients, to define the optimal cutoff point...

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Main Authors: Fahad D Alosaimi, Nashwa Abdel-Aziz, Khalid Alsaleh, Rawan AlSheikh, Rana AlSheikh, Ahmed Abdel-Warith
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6241127?pdf=render