Authors
Hamid Sharif Nia, Saeed Pahlevan Sharif, Rebecca H Lehto, Christopher Boyle, Ameneh Yaghoobzadeh, Omolhoda Kaveh, Amir Hossein Goudarzian
Publication date
2017/8/1
Journal
Japanese journal of clinical oncology
Volume
47
Issue
8
Pages
713-719
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Description
Objective
The surfacing of thoughts and depressive affect associated with the prospect of death are prevalent among patients with advanced cancer. Because death cognitions and associated negative affect occur along an adaptive-less adaptive continuum, it is essential that valid and reliable instruments are available to measure death depression. The present study aimed to determine the psychometric properties of the Death Depression Scale among Iranian patients with advanced cancer.
Methods
About 497 cancer patients completed a Persian version of the 21-item Death Depression Scale-Revised. The face, content and construct validity of the scale were ascertained. Reliability was also assessed using internal consistency, construct reliability and intra-class correlation coefficient (ICC).
Results
Construct validity determined one factor with an …
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