TY - JOUR
T1 - Psychosocial screening for patients with prostate cancer
T2 - The development and validation of the psychosocial distress questionnaire-prostate cancer
AU - Castermans, E.
AU - Coenders, M.
AU - Beerlage, H.P.
AU - de Vries, J.
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
U2 - 10.1080/07347332.2016.1233925
DO - 10.1080/07347332.2016.1233925
M3 - Article
SN - 0734-7332
VL - 34
SP - 512
EP - 529
JO - Journal of Psychosocial Oncology
JF - Journal of Psychosocial Oncology
IS - 6
ER -