Distress Thermometer.

DT

What it measures

Global psychological distress in the past week, rated on a single visual analogue, plus the source of that distress from an accompanying problem list (practical, family, emotional, spiritual, physical).

Length and format

1 rating item plus a ~39-item problem list (list length varies by NCCN edition). 0-10 visual analogue thermometer plus yes/no problem checklist (checklist/symptom inventory)

Language versions

~50+ languages; NCCN and IPOS have driven adaptation across essentially every major oncology system

Normative data

No normative data held in our reference library for this instrument. That is a statement about our library, not about the published literature.

Licence

copyrighted - author permission

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Reference

Roth, A. J., Kornblith, A. B., Batel-Copel, L., Peabody, E., Scher, H. I., & Holland, J. C. (1998). Rapid screening for psychologic distress in men with prostate carcinoma. Cancer, 82(10), 1904-1908.