Psychometric evaluation of the Positive Mental Health (PMH) scale using item response theory

BMC Psychiatry

Table 1 Characteristics of cancer patients (N = 357)

Gender
Male	68 (19.0)
Female	288 (80.7)
Divers	1 (0.3)
Age (years)	52.40 ± 14.01 (20–83)
Job situation
Active	147 (41.2)
Certified sick	58 (16.2)
Different form	152 (42.6)
Types of cancer^a
Breast	162 (45.4)
Urological	31 (8.7)
Prostate, testicular	25 (7.0)
Gynecological	19 (5.3)
Hematological	22 (6.2)
Intestinal, rectal	12 (3.4)
Skin	3 (0.8)
Lungs, Bronchia	5 (1.4)
Ear, Nose, Throat	7 (2.0)
Gastric, esophageal, pancreatic	4 (1.1)
Parts of central nervous system	2 (0.6)
Soft tissue	1 (0.3)
Residual category (including different forms of cancer) ^b	18 (5.0)
Multiple cancer forms	46 (12.9)
Metastases
No	267 (74.8)
Yes	78 (21.8)
Unknown	12 (3.4)
Current psycho-oncological, psychological, psychotherapeutical support
No	256 (71.7)
Yes	101 (28.3)
HADS-T Score - Distress (HADS T ≥ 15)	158 (44.3)

Values are presented in frequency (%) or mean±standard deviation (range). HADS−T Hospital Anxiety Depression Scale [53] (To identify patients with an increased need for psycho−oncological care and especially for depression symptoms in cancer patients, a sum score of HADS−T ≥ 15 can be used as the cut−off value) [54]; ^aPatients reporting more than one type of cancer diagnosis are reported in the multiple cancer forms category; ^b Patients could also select the residual category “other tumor, and this is” and name the tumor in an open−ended question. Those tumors that did not fit into the above categories were included in the residual category, which included e.g., osteosarcomas, chondrosarcomas, and malignant neoplasms of the liver

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