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| Adam B SmithSummaryAffiliation: University of Leeds Country: UK Publications
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Measurement invariance of the 16-item social distress scaleAdam B Smith
Centre for Health and Social Care, Leeds Institute of Health Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JL, UK
Qual Life Res 20:507-11. 2011..The aim of this study was to assess whether item locations remained stable over time, in order to support the longitudinal use of the instrument...- Psychological distress in cancer survivors: the further development of an item bankAdam B Smith
Leeds Institute of Health Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
Psychooncology 22:308-14. 2013..The second aim was to examine whether the item bank could assess positive affect as a single construct alongside negative psychological symptoms... 
Improvements in measuring the health-related quality of life of cancer patientsAdam B Smith
Senior Scientific Officer, Cancer Research UK Clinical Centre, St James s University Hospital, Leeds, UK
Expert Rev Pharmacoecon Outcomes Res 6:97-105. 2006....
A Rasch and confirmatory factor analysis of the general health questionnaire (GHQ)--12Adam B Smith
Centre for Health and Social Care, Charles Thackrah Building, University of Leeds, UK
Health Qual Life Outcomes 8:45. 2010..This may have an impact on the identification of psychiatric morbidity in target populations. The aim of this study was to explore the dimensionality of the GHQ-12 and to evaluate a number of alternative models for the instrument...- Validation of an item bank for detecting and assessing psychological distress in cancer patientsAdam B Smith
Centre for Health and Social Care, University of Leeds, UK
Psychooncology 18:195-9. 2009.... - Rasch fit statistics and sample size considerations for polytomous dataAdam B Smith
Cancer Research UK Clinical Centre, St, James s University Hospital, Leeds, UK
BMC Med Res Methodol 8:33. 2008..Given the increasing use of Rasch models in health research the purpose of this study was therefore to explore the relationship between fit statistics and sample size for polytomous data... - A Rasch and factor analysis of the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-General (FACT-G)Adam B Smith
Psychosocial and Clinical Practice Research Group, Cancer Research UK Clinical Centre, St James s University Hospital, Leeds, UK
Health Qual Life Outcomes 5:19. 2007..The aim of this study was to investigate the dimensionality and measurement properties of the FACT-G with Rasch Models and Factor analysis... - Measuring social difficulties in routine patient-centred assessment: a Rasch analysis of the social difficulties inventoryAdam B Smith
Psychosocial Oncology and Clinical Practice Research Group, Cancer Research UK Clinical Centre in Leeds, St James s University Hospital, Leeds, LS9 7TF, UK
Qual Life Res 16:823-31. 2007..Although well-validated, not enough is known about the clinical meaning and utility of the instrument or whether the items can be meaningfully summed to form a summary index of "Social Distress"... - The initial development of an item bank to assess and screen for psychological distress in cancer patientsA B Smith
Cancer Research UK, Clinical Centre, St James s University Hospital, Leeds, UK
Psychooncology 16:724-32. 2007..Additional items are required to more accurately assess patients across the whole continuum of psychological distress... - Measurement and interpretation of social distress using the social difficulties inventory (SDI)Penny Wright
Psychosocial and Clinical Practice Research Group, Cancer Research UK Clinical Centre, Section of Oncology and Clinical Research, University of Leeds, St James s University Hospital, Beckett Street, Leeds LS9 7TF, United Kingdom
Eur J Cancer 44:1529-35. 2008..Cancer has a significant social impact. There is a requirement to undertake formal assessment of this in research and clinical practice... - Patients report improvements in continuity of care when quality of life assessments are used routinely in oncology practice: secondary outcomes of a randomised controlled trialGalina Velikova
St James s Institute of Oncology, University of Leeds, Cancer Research UK Clinical Centre Leeds, St James s University Hospital, Leeds, United Kingdom
Eur J Cancer 46:2381-8. 2010..The secondary aims of the trial were to measure any impact on patient satisfaction and patients' perspectives on continuity and coordination of their care... - The Social Difficulties Inventory (SDI): development of subscales and scoring guidance for staffPenny Wright
Psychosocial Oncology and Clinical Practice Research Group, Leeds Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Leeds, Beckett Street, Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK
Psychooncology 20:36-43. 2011..To develop subscales for clinical use of the Social Difficulties Inventory (SDI) with score interpretation guidance for use in routine oncology practice... - Factor analysis of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale from a large cancer populationAdam B Smith
ICRF Cancer Medicine Research Unit, St James s University Hospital, Leeds, UK
Psychol Psychother 75:165-76. 2002..g. Dunbar et al., 2000) were more effective at detecting clinical cases of anxiety and depression... - Measuring quality of life in routine oncology practice improves communication and patient well-being: a randomized controlled trialGalina Velikova
Cancer Research UK Clinical Centre Leeds, Cancer Medicine Research Unit, St James s University Hospital, Beckett St, Leeds LS9 7TF, UK
J Clin Oncol 22:714-24. 2004..To examine the effects on process of care and patient well-being, of the regular collection and use of health-related quality-of-life (HRQL) data in oncology practice... - Development of an advanced database for clinical trials integrated with an electronic patient record systemAlexander C Newsham
Cancer Research UK Clinical Centre, University of Leeds, St James s Institute of Oncology, Beckett Street, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS9 7TF, UK
Comput Biol Med 41:575-86. 2011....