title: Pilot study of single-day distress screening with the NCCN distress thermometer to evaluate the feasibility of routine distress screening in tertiary cancer center in rural India.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgical Oncology, Malabar Cancer Center, Kannur, Kerala, India.
authors.forename: Sampada B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Dessai
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, Malabar Cancer Center, Kannur, Kerala, India.
authors.forename: Santam
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chakraborty
authors.affiliation: Tellicherry Co-operative Hospital, Department of Psychiatry, Kannur Medical College, Kannur, Kerala, India.
authors.forename: P B
authors.initials: PB
authors.lastname: Sajeev Kumar
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgical Oncology, Malabar Cancer Center, Kannur, Kerala, India.
authors.forename: Sajith
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Babu
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, Malabar Cancer Center, Kannur, Kerala, India.
authors.forename: Geetha
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Muttath
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Hematology and Medical Oncology, Malabar Cancer Center, Kannur, Kerala, India.
authors.forename: Chandran
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Nair
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgical Oncology, Malabar Cancer Center, Kannur, Kerala, India.
authors.forename: Shivakumar
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Thiagarajan
authors.affiliation: Department of Cancer Palliative Medicine, Malabar Cancer Center, Kannur, Kerala, India.
authors.forename: Biji
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sughosh
authors.affiliation: Division of Clinical research and Biostatistics, Malabar Cancer Center, Kannur, Kerala, India.
authors.forename: Atanu
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bhattacharjee
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Hematology and Medical Oncology, Malabar Cancer Center, Kannur, Kerala, India.
authors.forename: Vijay M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Patil
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002173:Cancer Care Facilities; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005260:Female; D006780:Hospitals, Rural; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011446:Prospective Studies; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000175:diagnosis*; D062606:Tertiary Care Centers; D064232:Visual Analog Scale; D057188:Workflow; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: cancer; distress; feasibility; oncology; screening; thermometer