The Edmonton Symptom Assessment System (ESAS) as a Screening Tool for Depression in Cancer Pain Patients

Mahidol University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Screening Tool for Depresion in Cancer Pain Patients

Treatments: Other: Thai version of the Edmontom Symptom Assessment System (ESAS)

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03686605

Si 276/2018

Details and patient eligibility

About

Compare Thai versions of the Edmonton Symptom Assessment System (ESAS) and the Hospiral Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) with Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-5), as a screening tool for depression in cancer pain patients

Enrollment: 49 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Cancer patients who follow up as out patient at pain clinic, Siriraj hospital
• Age older than 18 years old
• Fluently read, write and speak in Thai language
• No cognitive impairment

Exclusion criteria

• Unstable clinical presentation
• Severe pain or pain numerical rating scale more than 7
• Severe associated symptoms such as nausea, vomiting
• The patient who do not know their diagnosis

Trial design

49 participants in 1 patient group

Cancer pain patients

Treatment:

Other: Thai version of the Edmontom Symptom Assessment System (ESAS)