Validation and Adaptation of the Modified Transplant Symptom Occurrence and Symptom Distress Scale-59 Items Revised into Turkish

2013 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 392-400 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yaprak S. Ordin ◽  
Özgül Karayurt ◽  
Özgül Vupa Çilengiroğlu
Keyword(s):  
Symptom Distress ◽  
Symptom Distress Scale ◽  
Distress Scale

Psychometric Properties of the “Modified Transplant Symptom Occurrence and Symptom Distress Scale”

2001 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 115-134 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philip Moons ◽  
Sabina De Geest ◽  
Kristel Versteven ◽  
Ivo Abraham ◽  
Hans Vlaminck ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Renal Transplant ◽  
Discriminant Validity ◽  
Immunosuppressive Drugs ◽  
Symptom Distress ◽  
Renal Transplant Recipients ◽  
Symptom Experience ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Transplant Patients ◽  
Symptom Distress Scale ◽  
Distress Scale

The aim of this study was to assess key aspects of the reliability and validity of the “Modified Transplant Symptom Occurrence and Distress Scale,” an instrument measuring symptom experience associated with side effects of triple drug therapy in transplant patients. This cross-sectional, comparative study included 108 renal transplant recipients (61% men; 39% women) with a median age of 47 years and a median posttransplant status of 5.5 years. Renal transplant patients were matched by age and gender with 108 healthy control persons not taking immunosuppressive drugs. Content validity, construct validity and discriminant validity of the instrument were substantiated. Internal consistency reliability was not useful to assess in this instrument, as the conditions for calculating Cronbach’s alpha were not satisfied. These findings document the validity of the “Modified Transplant Symptom Occurrence and Symptom Distress Scale” as an instrument to measure symptom experience with immunosuppressive drugs.

Symptom Distress Scale--Modified Chinese Version

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xue-Ling Yang ◽  
Huan-Huan Li ◽  
Ming-Huang Hong ◽  
Henry S. R. Kao
Keyword(s):  
Symptom Distress ◽  
Chinese Version ◽  
Symptom Distress Scale ◽  
Distress Scale

Symptom Distress Scale

1978 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruth McCorkle ◽  
Katherine Young
Keyword(s):  
Symptom Distress ◽  
Symptom Distress Scale ◽  
Distress Scale

Development of a symptom distress scale

1978 ◽  
Vol 1 (5) ◽  
pp. 373???378 ◽  
Author(s):  
RUTH MCCORKLE ◽  
KATHERINE YOUNG
Keyword(s):  
Symptom Distress ◽  
Symptom Distress Scale ◽  
Distress Scale

scholarly journals A Systematic Review of the Symptom Distress Scale in Advanced Cancer Studies

2016 ◽  
Vol 39 (4) ◽  
pp. E9-E23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen J. Stapleton ◽  
Janean Holden ◽  
Joel Epstein ◽  
Diana J. Wilkie
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Advanced Cancer ◽  
Symptom Distress ◽  
Symptom Distress Scale ◽  
Distress Scale ◽  
Cancer Studies

Symptom assessment tools used in a hospital-based pain and symptom care program at the University of North Carolina–A novel proxy rating system

2006 ◽  
Vol 24 (18_suppl) ◽  
pp. 8579-8579
Author(s):  
S. A. Bernard ◽  
C. B. Lee ◽  
B. Usher ◽  
B. Qaqish ◽  
R. Schwartz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Palliative Care ◽  
Patient Population ◽  
Medical Center ◽  
Background Level ◽  
Care Patient ◽  
Symptom Distress ◽  
Assessment Tools ◽  
Palliative Care Patient ◽  
Symptom Distress Scale ◽  
Distress Scale

8579 Background: Level of consciousness (LOC) often varies in the palliative care patient population. Tools are needed to reliably rate symptoms. The purpose of our analysis was to describe the patient demographics and rating distributions elicited by two distinct measurement tools, one for those able to self-rate (SR) and one for proxy-rated (PR) patients. Methods: Data obtained prospectively over the time period 1/2002–12/2004 was reviewed. A symptom distress scale using 11 items on a 5 point Likert-type scale (5=most severe) was adapted from the revised McCorkle symptom distress scale and used for alert and oriented patients. Symptoms evaluated included nausea, mood, appetite, shortness of breath (SOB), insomnia, pain, mobility, fatigue, constipation, decreased LOC, and delirium. For patients unable to SR, an advanced practice nurse rated symptoms using the Detroit Medical Center non-verbal pain scale and proxy symptom distress measures adapted from the Common Toxicity Criteria Manual, version 2. Rated symptoms included pain, vomiting, constipation, tachypnea, depressed LOC, and agitated delirium. Results: A total of 259 patients with data from visits 1 and 2 were included in the analysis. On visit 1, 46% (61/133) of PR patients were male, 70% (94/134) were ≥60yrs and 73% (98/134) were Caucasian. Symptom distress scores varied by rater and visit (Table). Conclusions: There is a need for proxy symptom distress measurement in the palliative care patient population as LOC fluctuates. Variability in symptom distress ratings between the SR and PR groups, with a trend toward lower scores in PR patients, is in accordance with the current literature. Of note, there was a consistent improvement in scores, regardless of rater, when visit 2 was compared to visit 1. We plan a prospective study of inter-rater reliability and validity of this novel symptom scoring system. [Table: see text] No significant financial relationships to disclose.

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