Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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11016892 | Revista Colombiana de Psiquiatría | 2018 | 10 Pages |
Abstract
The HADS in patients with neoplastic disease detects a high frequency of depressive and especially anxious symptoms, which makes it advisable to reevaluate their psychometric properties in patients with cancer. The association between depressive symptoms of HADS and physical symptoms of quality of life construct is in favor of the difficulty of diagnosing depressive disorder in patients with cancer, so it may be necessary to develop instruments that allow locating symptoms or clinical characteristics that facilitate this diagnosis
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Authors
Martha Carolina Valderrama Rios, Ricardo Sánchez Pedraza,