Assessment of a brain-tumour-specific Patient Concerns Inventory in the neuro-oncology clinic.

Purpose: Brain tumour patients may struggle to express their concerns in the outpatient clinic, creating a physician-focused rather than a shared agenda. We created a simple, practical brain-tumour-specific holistic needs assessment (HNA) tool for use in the neuro-oncology outpatient clinic.

Methods: We posted the brain tumour Patient Concerns Inventory (PCI) to a consecutive sample of adult brain tumour attendees to a neuro-oncology outpatient clinic.

Treatment of primary brain tumours in adults.

This article considers the complexities of caring for patients with primary brain tumours. The incidence, classification and clinical signs and symptoms are outlined. Adult patients experience disabling effects as a result of a brain tumour, which is often accompanied by high morbidity and mortality rates.

The frequency, longitudinal course, clinical associations, and causes of emotional distress during primary treatment of cerebral glioma.

Background: Relatively little is known about the frequency, longitudinal course, independent associations, and reported causes of emotional distress in adults with primary cerebral glioma. We aimed to describe these features in an observational study.

Methods: This was a twin-center prospective cohort study.

Screening for major depressive disorder in adults with glioma using the PHQ-9: a comparison of patient versus proxy reports.

When screening for depression in glioma patients, the utility of proxy carer report is unknown. We studied how patients and proxies differed in the frequency, severity and agreement of reported depressive symptoms, the external validity of these reports, and whether patient-proxy agreement was associated with cognitive function. This was a cross-sectional study within a prospective cohort study of depression in glioma.

Screening for major depressive disorder in adults with cerebral glioma: an initial validation of 3 self-report instruments.

No depression screening tool is validated for use in cases of cerebral glioma. To address this, we studied the operating characteristics of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (Depression subscale) (HAD-D), the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9), and the Distress Thermometer (DT) in glioma patients.We conducted a twin-center prospective observational cohort study of major depressive disorder (MDD), according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, 4th edition, in adults with a new diagnosis of cerebral glioma receiving active management or "watchful waiting.

Frequency, clinical associations, and longitudinal course of major depressive disorder in adults with cerebral glioma.

Purpose: There is a need for high-quality evidence regarding the frequency, independent clinical associations, and longitudinal course of depression in patients with cerebral glioma.

Patients And Methods: This was a twin-center, prospective, observational cohort study with 6-month follow-up. Consenting adults with a new diagnosis of cerebral glioma received the Structured Clinical Interview for Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition to diagnose major depressive disorder (MDD).

Assessing fatigue and self-care strategies in patients receiving radiotherapy for non-small cell lung cancer.

Lung cancer represents a major public health problem worldwide (ISD 2000) with approximately 80% of patients presenting with locally advanced or metastatic disease. Treatment is essentially palliative; therefore, symptom management is important. This paper describes the findings from a prospective study of fatigue in newly diagnosed patients with non-small cell lung cancer.