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## Abstract ## Background As staff members prioritize medical resources for patients, it is imperative to find out whether their assessments of patients' health status agree with patients' assessments. The degree to which physicians and nurses can identify the distress, anxiety, and depression experienced by adolescents recently diagnosed with cancer was examined here. ## Procedure Adolescents undergoing chemotherapy (13–19 years, n = 53), physicians (n = 48), and nurses (n = 53) completed a structured telephone interview, 4–8 weeks after diagnosis or relapse, investigating disease and treatment‐related distress, anxiety, and depression. ## Results The accuracy of staff ratings of physical distress could be considered acceptable. However, problems of a psychosocial nature, which were frequently overestimated, were difficult for staff to identify. Staff underestimated the distress caused by mucositis and worry about missing school more than they overestimated distress. These aspects were some of the most prevalent and overall worst according to the adolescents. Both physicians and nurses overestimated levels of anxiety and depression. Nurses tended to show higher sensitivity than ph

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Author

Mariann Hedström; Anders Kreuger; Gustaf Ljungman; Peter Nygren; Louise von Essen

Publisher

John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (John Wiley & Sons); John Wiley & Sons Inc.; Wiley (ISSN 1545-5009)

Published

2005

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)