Return to work and psychosocial trajectories after breast cancer: a longitudinal and sequential approach.

Purpose: We aimed to describe the psychosocial adjustments according to return to work (RTW) trajectories in breast cancer survivors (BCS) using a sequential and temporal approach.

Methods: We used BCS data included from February 2015 to April 2016 in the Longitudinal Study on Behavioural, Economic and Sociological Changes after Cancer (ELCCA) cohort. RTW trajectories were identified using the sequence analysis method followed by a clustering.

Identification of sources of DIF using covariates in patient-reported outcome measures: a simulation study comparing two approaches based on Rasch family models.

When analyzing patient-reported outcome (PRO) data, sources of differential item functioning (DIF) can be multiple and there may be more than one covariate of interest. Hence, it could be of great interest to disentangle their effects. Yet, in the literature on PRO measures, there are many studies where DIF detection is applied separately and independently for each covariate under examination.

Validation of Generalized Anxiety Disorder 6 (GAD-6)-A Modified Structure of Screening for Anxiety in the Adolescent French Population.

Anxiety disorders remain underdiagnosed and undertreated, especially in child and adolescent populations. This study aimed to examine the construct validity of the Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale 7 (GAD-7) in a sample of French adolescents by combining the Classical Test Theory (CTT) and the Item Response Theory (IRT) and to assess the invariance of items. A total of 284 adolescents enrolled in school in the Lorraine region were randomly selected to participate in a cross-sectional study.

EMDR for symptoms of depression, stress and burnout in health care workers exposed to COVID-19 (HARD): A study protocol for a trial within a cohort study.

Stressful events during a pandemic are a major cause of serious health problems, such as burnout, depression and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among health care workers (HCWs). During three years, HCWs, on the frontline to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, have been at an increased risk of high levels of stress, anxiety, depression, burnout and PTSD. Regarding potential psychological interventions, Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing (EMDR) is a structured, strongly recommended therapy based on its well-known efficacy in reducing PTSD symptoms and anxiety.

Does Differential Item Functioning Jeopardize the Comparability of Health-Related Quality of Life Assessment Between Patients and Proxies in Patients with Moderate-to-Severe Traumatic Brain Injury?

Background: Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is clearly recognized as a patient-important outcome in patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI). Patient-reported outcomes are therefore often used and supposed to be directly reported by the patients without interpretation of their responses by a physician or anyone else. However, patients with TBI are often unable to self-report because of physical and/or cognitive impairments.