TITLE:
Does Distress Thermometer Have a Utility in the Era of COVID-19 Pandemic?
AUTHORS:
Sherif Mohamed, Ghada Elgohary, Azza Abd ElHaffez, Ehab Kamel, Nashwa Abd El-Aziz
KEYWORDS:
COVID-19, Distress Thermometer, Screening, Clinical
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Access Library Journal,
Vol.7 No.8,
August
14,
2020
ABSTRACT: The psychological impacts of the new COVID-19 pandemic are already evident. The pandemic sequelae will be observed in many populations: clinicians who care for patients with COVID-19, patients with COVID-19 and their families, patients with established psychiatric disorders, as well as the general population. Distress Thermometer (DT) is a single-item, self-report measure of distress that provides a brief, visual analogue, non-invasive screening for distress among cancer patients, as well as patients with chronic diseases. In this brief report, we try to answer the question of: does distress thermometer have a utility in the era of COVID-19 pandemic?