Screening for psychological distress in two French cancer centers: feasibility and performance of the adapted distress thermometer.

Objective: Little is known about the prevalence of psychiatric disorders in French cancer patients. This study aimed to assess the feasibility of a screening procedure using the Psychological Distress Scale (PDS). The PDS is a French adaptation of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network Distress Thermometer.

The mental adjustment to cancer (MAC) scale: French replication and assessment of positive and negative adjustment dimensions.

The Mental Adjustment to Cancer (MAC) scale was validated on a heterogeneous French sample of 317 cancer patients. Internal consistency was satisfactory for the original subscales (alpha coefficients=0.62-0.

Pain in children aged 2-6 years: a new observational rating scale elaborated in a pediatric oncology unit--preliminary report.

This study was designed to test a new rating observational scale for the diagnosis and grading of pain evoked by cancer in children aged 2-6 years. We began by collecting retrospective clinical findings consisting of descriptions of children in pain. From these descriptions, an item scale was built up comprising overall patterns of behavior specific to pain.