I'm looking to test / develop a screening tool to predict which patients are going to find medical procedures extremely stressful.
We are working specifically with people with head and neck cancer about to undergo radiotherapy using an immobilisation mask.
I'd love to hear from others who have tried to measure this concept - in oncology or elsewhere (eg CT / MRI). Medline doesn't appear to have a good keyword for this so it's a little hard to search.
Interested in suggestions on the best measure of anxiety "on the day" - what are people's experienced of the State subscale of the STAI?
Many thanks
Dear Kerrie,
We measured with BAI, BDI, check the paper out:
Article Depression, anxiety, hostility and hysterectomy
I have a paper about quality of life in patients with head and neck cancer
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