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The nature and structure of psychological distress in people at high risk for melanoma: a factor analytic study.

Psycho-oncology - 1 Aug 2012

Kasparian Nadine A, Sansom-Daly Ursula, McDonald Roderick P, Meiser Bettina, Butow Phyllis N, Mann Graham J

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OBJECTIVE: This study examined the psychometric properties of two commonly used measures of psychological distress, the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) and the Impact of Events Scale (IES) in a sample of individuals at high risk of developing melanoma due to strong family history. METHODS: One hundred thirty-two individuals with a known family-specific CDKN2A mutation (74% response rate) completed a...

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PMID: 21612004
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1976

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