Distress Thermometer Score Is Useful For Predicting Suicidal Ideation in Patients With Cancer-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Distress Thermometer Score Is Useful For Predicting Suicidal Ideation in Patients With Cancer

Published:2023-08 Issue:9 Volume: Page:
ISSN:2687-8941
Container-title:JCO Global Oncology
language:en
Short-container-title:JCO Global Oncology

Author:

Thapa Sudip¹^ORCID,Sharma Susmita²,Shrestha Sudip²,Ghimire Bijesh Raj²,Dahal Sanuja³,Maharjan Rubina⁴,Thapa Sadiksha²,Koirala Rishav⁵⁶^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department Medical Oncology, B&B Hospital Pvt. Ltd, Lalitpur, Nepal

2. Department Medical Oncology, Nepal Cancer Hospital and Research Center Pvt. Ltd, Lalitpur, Nepal

3. Vinayak College of Health Science, Kathmandu, Nepal

4. PGY-1, Pediatrics, New York Health and Hospitals, Woodhull Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY

5. Department of Psycho-oncology, Nepal Cancer Hospital and Research Center Pvt. Ltd, Lalitpur, Nepal

6. Brain and Neuroscience Center, Kathmandu, Nepal

Abstract

A Distress Thermometer with a cutoff score of ≥4 is a very short tool that can be useful for predicting suicidal ideation in patients with cancer. Patients with high DT scores and psychosocial problems need to be routinely screened to prevent the suicidal risk.

Publisher

American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)

Subject

Cancer Research,Oncology

Link

https://ascopubs.org/doi/pdfdirect/10.1200/GO.23.00071

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