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The clinical utility of the Distress Thermometer: a review
Snowden, Austyn; White, Craig A; Christie, Zara; Murray, Esther; McGowan, Clare; Scott, Rhona
Authors
Craig A White
Zara Christie
Esther Murray
Clare McGowan
Rhona Scott
Abstract
The Distress Thermometer (DT) is a well validated screening tool, demonstrably sensitive and reasonably specific to the construct of distress in cancer. Its brevity makes it ideal to incorporate into a system of distress management. To ascertain how far this idea has been developed in practice, and to support future research, a literature review was undertaken. Medline, CINAHL, PsyclNFO, Embase, ASSIA, British Nursing Index, AMED, CCTR, and HMIC were systematically searched. Forty studies were reviewed that examined the function of the DT alone, together with the problem list (PL), and/or other validated measures. The majority of studies validated the DT against other robust measures of distress in order to establish ‘caseness’ in these populations, and establish factors associated with distress. Many of the studies recommended that further research should test their findings in clinical practice. A small section of the literature focused on the clinical utility of the DT as a facilitator of consultations, and found it to have potential in this regard. It is concluded that there is enough validation research, and in line with the majority of these studies’ recommendations, future research should focus on the utility of DT as part of a structured distress management programme.
Citation
Snowden, A., White, C. A., Christie, Z., Murray, E., McGowan, C., & Scott, R. (2011). The clinical utility of the Distress Thermometer: a review. British Journal of Nursing, 20, 220-227. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2011.20.4.220
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Publication Date | 2011 |
Deposit Date | Aug 27, 2015 |
Print ISSN | 0966-0461 |
Publisher | Mark Allen Healthcare |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 20 |
Pages | 220-227 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2011.20.4.220 |
Keywords | Distress thermometer; Distress management; Cancer; Oncology; |
Public URL | http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/9046 |
Publisher URL | http://dx.doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2011.20.4.220 |
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