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Medientyp:
E-Artikel
Titel:
Experiences with a psychosocial screening instrument (S‐FIRST) to identify the psychosocial support needs of parents of children suffering from cancer
Beteiligte:
Haunberger, Sigrid;
Rüegger, Cornelia;
Baumgartner, Edgar
Beschreibung:
<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:sec><jats:title>Objectives</jats:title><jats:p>A large proportion of families with a child suffering from cancer are heavily burdened, both psychologically and socially functions, thus requiring treatment. Therefore, a systematic assessment of burden and needs is essential to identify clients with a high psychosocial burden and to allow for accurate decision making regarding indications for treatment. There is a great need for the development and validation of screening instruments in psychosocial counseling.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods</jats:title><jats:p>The receiver operating characteristic curve is a basic method to evaluate the discriminatory power of diagnostic tests. We computed sensitivity/specificity indices based on a sample of parents of pediatric cancer patients; the parents were screened with the S‐FIRST and completed another standardized instrument with reliable indicators.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results</jats:title><jats:p>We found significant area under the curve (AUC) values from 0.671 to 0.882, meaning that the S‐FIRST screening instrument has small to medium discriminatory power.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion</jats:title><jats:p>Our results support the use of a screening instrument for case history analyses in psychosocial counseling to identify clients with a high psychosocial burden.</jats:p></jats:sec>