title: Psychological screening of onco-hematologic inpatients: Distress Thermometer administration.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The screening of psychological distress is a milestone in psycho-oncology. The National Comprehensive Cancer Network has established clinical guidelines for detecting and managing it and the Distress Thermometer (DT) was the recommended tool for the screening. Although its utility for oncologic patients has been reported frequently in the literature, less is known about hematologic patients. The present study involves a sample of onco-hematologic adult patients.
  
  
  METHODS
  In the current study, we proposed the Distress Thermometer and the Problem List in a sample of hematologic inpatients at Ca' Foncello Hospital, Treviso, Italy. We evaluated 102 patients, 61% male and 39% female, median age 59 years (range 18-78). Enrolled patients had acute leukemia (31%), multiple myeloma (31%), or lymphoma (31%).
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 41.6% of the patients presented psychological distress, and the DT score was associated with neither sex nor diagnosis. The psychological distress was mild in 21.8%, moderate in 13.8%, and severe in 12.9% of the patients.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our results were consistent with previous results regarding the validation process of DT in a large sample of Italian cancer patients.
authors.affiliation: Service of Hospital Psychology, Cà Foncello Hospital, Treviso - Italy.
authors.forename: Marta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bellè
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical and Biological Sciences, University of Udine, Treviso - Italy.
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Muzzatti
authors.affiliation: Service of Hospital Psychology, Cà Foncello Hospital, Treviso - Italy.
authors.forename: Maddalena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tomas
authors.affiliation: Haematology Unit, Cà Foncello Hospital, Treviso - Italy.
authors.forename: Filippo
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gherlinzoni
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D019337:Hematologic Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D007558:Italy; D007938:Leukemia / Q000523:psychology; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000523:psychology; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D009101:Multiple Myeloma / Q000523:psychology; D011594:Psychometrics; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires