The validity of the family relationships index as a screening tool for psychological risk in families of cancer patients

The validity of the family relationships index as a screening tool for psychological risk in families of cancer patients

Edwards B; Clarke V

Psycho-oncology

2005

PedPal Lit; Adult Anxiety/; and clinical levels of depression and anxiety in 48 families where the patient had been recently diagnosed. Over the three phases; because of the FRI's poor specificity; diagnosis/etiology/psychology; diagnosis/etiology/psychology Breast Neoplasms/; Family Relations Female Humans Longitudinal Studies Male; further follow-up of those families that are identified as being at some risk of a poor psychological outcome should be undertaken before referral to a mental health professional is warranted.; Mass Screening Prostatic Neoplasms/; psychology Child Colorectal Neoplasms/; Depression/psychology; psychology Psychometrics Research Support; suggested that the FRI identified too many false positive s; the FRI identified all families at risk of family dysfunction; the higher sensitivity of the FRI makes it preferable to the FAD-GF as a screening measure for families at risk of a poor psychological outcome in the oncology setting. However

2005

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