Screening for Distress in Oncological Patients: The Revised Version of the Psychological Distress Inventory (PDI-R).

ABSTRACT:

Background

Psychological research in oncological settings is steadily increasing and the construct of psychological distress has rapidly gained popularity-leading to the development of questionnaires aimed at its measurement. The Psychological Distress Inventory (PDI) is one of the most used instruments, but its psychometric properties were not yet deeply evaluated. The present studies aimed at investigating the psychometric properties of the PDI (Study 1) and providing a revised version of the tool (Study 2).

Methods

Oncological outpatients were enrolled at the Department of Medical Oncology of the Presidio Ospedaliero of Saronno, ASST Valle Olona, Italy. For the first study (N = 251), an Exploratory Graph Analysis was used to explore the item structure of the PDI. I

SUBMITTER: Rossi AA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9121122 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature