Assessing depression in cancer patients : a longitudinal comparison of three questionnaires.

Authors

Patrick Possel, University of Louisville
Kerstin Knopf

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-2013

Department

Counseling and Human Development

Abstract

The article by Johns et al. (1) compares the Hopkins Symptom Checklist 20-item depression scale (HSCL-20) (2), the Short-Form 36 Mental Health Inventory five-item distress scale (MHI-5) (3), and the Patient Health Questionnaire nine-item depression scale (PHQ-9) (4) in 309 adults with cancer in a longitudinal study.

Comments

This article was originally published in the open access journal Annals of Palliative Medicine, volume 2, issue 1 in January 2013.

Original Publication Information

Possel, Patrick and Kerstin Knopf. 2013. "Assessing Depression in Cancer Patients -- A Longitudinal Comparison of Three Questionnaires." Annals of Palliative Medicine, 2(1): 45-47.

ThinkIR Citation

Possel, Patrick and Knopf, Kerstin, "Assessing depression in cancer patients : a longitudinal comparison of three questionnaires." (2013). Faculty and Staff Scholarship. 146.
https://ir.library.louisville.edu/faculty/146

DOI

10.3978/j.issn.2224-5820.2013.01.07