Psychosocial screening for patients with prostate cancer: The development and validation of the psychosocial distress questionnaire-prostate cancer
Castermans,E. Coenders,M. Beerlage,H.P. de Vries,J.
Castermans,E.
Coenders,M.
Beerlage,H.P.
de Vries,J.
Abstract
We describe the psychosocial distress questionnaire-prostate cancer (PDQ-PC), a psychosocial screening list developed and validated specifically for prostate cancer patients. An existing screening list, the psychosocial distress questionnaire-breast cancer (PDQ-BC), was used as a starting point. Two focus groups were then implemented to investigate which items of the PDQ-BC were relevant for the PDQ-PC and which new items were needed. Validity and reliability of the questionnaire were assessed on 278 prostate cancer patients. Factor analysis showed that the 36-item PDQ-PC comprises eight subscales, for which the internal consistency ranged from α = 0.48–0.88. Moreover, moderate to high convergent validity was found.
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2016
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SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
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Castermans, E, Coenders, M, Beerlage, H P & de Vries, J 2016, 'Psychosocial screening for patients with prostate cancer : The development and validation of the psychosocial distress questionnaire-prostate cancer', Journal of Psychosocial Oncology, vol. 34, no. 6, pp. 512-529. https://doi.org/10.1080/07347332.2016.1233925