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Developing the social distress scale for head and neck cancer outpatients in Japan

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 May 2011

Minako Deno ,
Mie Tashiro ,
Mitsunori Miyashita ,
Takahiro Asakage ,
Koji Takahashi ,
Kenich Saito ,
Yasunobu Busujima ,
Yoshiyuki Mori ,
Hiroto Saito  and
Yuji Ichikawa
Minako Deno*
Affiliation:
Ando Laboratory, Advanced Research Centers, Keio University, Minato-Ku, Tokyo, Japan
Mie Tashiro
Affiliation:
Showa University School of Dentistry, Oota-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Mitsunori Miyashita
Affiliation:
Division of Palliative Nursing, Health Sciences, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Aoba-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Takahiro Asakage
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Koji Takahashi
Affiliation:
Department of Oral Rehabilitation, Showa University School of Dentistry, Oota-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Kenich Saito
Affiliation:
Department of Dentistry and Oral Surgery, Kanto Medical Center NTT EC, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Yasunobu Busujima
Affiliation:
Department of Dentistry and Oral Surgery, Tokyo Metropolitan Bokutoh Hospital, Sumida-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Yoshiyuki Mori
Affiliation:
Department of Oral-Maxillofacial Surgery, Dentistry and Orthodontics, University of Tokyo Hospital, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Hiroto Saito
Affiliation:
Department of Dentistry and Oral Surgery, Tokyo Metropolitan Health and Medical Treatment Corporation Ebara Hospital, Oota-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Yuji Ichikawa
Affiliation:
Department of Oral Surgery, Tokyo Metropolitan Health and Medical Treatment Corporation Toshima Hospital, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo, Japan
*
Address correspondence and reprint requests to: Minako Deno, Ando Laboratory, Faculty of Letters, Keio University, 2-15-45 Mita, Minato-Ku, Tokyo, 108-8345Japan. E-mail: denominako@a5.keio.jp
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Abstract

Objective:

This study assessed the factor structure, internal consistency, and concurrent and discriminant validity of a scale used to measure social distress in Japanese head and neck cancer outpatients with facial disfigurement.

Method:

The sample included 225 Japanese outpatients with head and neck cancer, including 129 patients with facial disfigurement. Participants' level of social distress was assessed through our scale, the European Organization for Research and Treatment Cancer questionnaire (EORTC) QLQ-H&N35 and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression scale (HADS).

Results:

Factor analyses confirmed the structure of two subscales of the social distress scale. Social distress was significantly correlated with the social contact subscale of the EORTC QLQ-H&N35 and the HADS.

Significance of results:

Results demonstrated preliminary reliability and validity of the social distress scale. This scale may extend social adjustment research by revealing its determinants and effects for head and neck cancer with facial disfigurement in Japan.

Keywords

Head and neck cancerSocial distressSocial avoidanceFacial disfigurement
Type
Original Articles
Information
Palliative & Supportive Care , Volume 9 , Issue 2 , June 2011 , pp. 165 - 172
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2011

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