Establishing the sensitivity and specificity of the gynaecological cancer distress screen.
Psychooncology
; 33(3): e6328, 2024 Mar.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
Nuanced distress screening tools can help cancer care services manage specific cancer groups' concerns more efficiently. This study examines the sensitivity and specificity of a tool specifically for women with gynaecological cancers (called the Gynaecological Cancer Distress Screen or DT-Gyn).METHODS:
This paper presents cross-sectional data from individuals recently treated for gynaecological cancer recruited through Australian cancer care services, partner organisations, and support/advocacy services. Receiver operating characteristics analyses were used to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of the DT-Gyn against criterion measures for anxiety (GAD-7), depression (patient health questionnaire), and distress (IES-R and K10).RESULTS:
Overall, 373 individuals aged 19-91 provided complete data for the study. Using the recognised distress thermometer (DT) cut-off of 4, 47% of participants were classified as distressed, while a cut-off of 5 suggested that 40% had clinically relevant distress. The DT-Gyn showed good discriminant ability across all measures (IES-R area under the curve (AUC) = 0.86, 95% CI = 0.82-0.90; GAD-7 AUC = 0.89, 95% CI = 0.85-0.93; K10 AUC = 0.88, 95% CI = 0.85-0.92; PHQ-9 AUC = 0.85, 95% CI = 0.81-0.89) and the Youden Index suggested an optimum DT cut-point of 5.CONCLUSIONS:
This study established the psychometric properties of the DT-Gyn, a tool designed to identify and manage the common sources of distress in women with gynaecological cancers. We suggest a DT cut point ≥5 is optimal in detecting 'clinically relevant' distress, anxiety, and depression in this population.Palabras clave
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Colección:
01-internacional
Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Neoplasias de los Genitales Femeninos
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Neoplasias
Límite:
Female
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Humans
País/Región como asunto:
Oceania
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Psychooncology
Asunto de la revista:
NEOPLASIAS
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PSICOLOGIA
Año:
2024
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Australia