Distress screening remains important during follow-up after primary breast cancer treatment

FK Ploos van Amstel, SW van den Berg… - Supportive care in …, 2013 - Springer
Background To improve psychosocial care, the National Comprehensive Cancer Network
recommends the use of the Distress Thermometer (DT) to detect distress among cancer …

The cancer empowerment questionnaire: Psychological empowerment in breast cancer survivors

SW van den Berg, FKP Van Amstel… - Journal of …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
New models of cancer care and survivorship ask for empowered patients. But how do we
measure that patients can derive strength from themselves (intrapersonal) and their …

A specific distress cutoff score shortly after breast cancer diagnosis

FKP van Amstel, J Tol, KH Sessink… - Cancer …, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Background: High levels of distress are expected shortly after the diagnosis breast cancer.
The Distress Thermometer (DT) is commonly used to screen for distress, using a cutoff score …

Self-reported distress in patients with ovarian cancer: is it related to disease status?

FKP van Amstel, MAPC van Ham, EJ Peters… - International Journal of …, 2015 - ijgc.bmj.com
Objective Patients with epithelial ovarian cancer have a poor prognosis and often undergo
intensive treatment. These patients are therefore at risk for experiencing distress and …

Does a regular nurse‐led distress screening and discussion improve quality of life of breast cancer patients treated with curative intent? A randomized controlled trial

FK Ploos van Amstel, MEWJ Peters… - Psycho …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Objective We performed a randomized controlled trial (RCT) to investigate whether regular
screening with the distress thermometer (DT) by a nurse improved global quality of life …

[HTML][HTML] The effectiveness of a nurse-led intervention with the distress thermometer for patients treated with curative intent for breast cancer: design of a randomized …

FK Ploos van Amstel, JB Prins, WTA van der Graaf… - BMC cancer, 2016 - Springer
Background Distress in patients with cancer influences their quality of life. Worldwide,
screening on distress with the Distress Thermometer (DT) in patients with cancer is …

[HTML][HTML] Psychometric properties of the 45-item supportive care needs survey—partners and caregivers-Dutch (SCNS-P&C45-D) in partners of patients with breast …

MJA Rietveld, EJ Peters, O Husson… - Journal of patient …, 2019 - Springer
Objective To test the psychometric properties of the Dutch 45-item Supportive Care Needs
Survey—Partners and Caregivers (SCNS-P&C45-D) among partners of women with breast …