@article{a801b2bdb33b4b278fc563f0f72da139,
title = "The Psychosocial Assessment Tool (PAT2.0): Psychometric properties of a screener for psychosocial distress in families of children newly diagnosed with cancer",
abstract = "Purpose: Psychometric properties of the Psychosocial Assessment Tool 2.0 (PAT2.0), a brief screener for psychosocial risk in families of children with cancer, are presented. Methods: Female (N = 132) and male (N = 72) caregivers of 141 children newly diagnosed with cancer completed the PAT2.0 and measures of child behavior symptoms, anxiety, acute stress, and family functioning to establish validity. Internal consistency and test-retest reliability of the PAT2.0 were also examined. Results: Internal consistency and two-week test-retest for the PAT2.0 Total score was strong. Validity for the PAT2.0 was supported by significant correlations between the PAT2.0 subscales and measures of corresponding constructs. PAT2.0 Total scores were correlated with acute stress and child behavior symptoms for both mothers and fathers. Receiver-Operating Characteristic curves provided preliminary support for the proposed cutoffs. Conclusion: The PAT2.0 Total score is a useful screening tool for family psychosocial risk in the pediatric oncology population.",
keywords = "Assessment, Families, Parents, Pediatric oncology, Risk",
author = "Pai, \{Ahna L.H.\} and Pati{\~n}o-Fern{\'a}ndez, \{Anna Maria\} and Mary McSherry and David Beele and Alderfer, \{Melissa A.\} and Reilly, \{Anne T.\} and Hwang, \{Wei Ting\} and Kazak, \{Anne E.\}",
note = "Funding Information: This research was supported by a grant from the National Cancer Institute (CA 98039). The authors thank the children and families that participated and the support and assistance from the medical, nursing and psychosocial staff in the Division of Oncology at The Children{\textquoteright}s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). We thank all the members of the PAT research team including Mary Rourke, PhD, Merritt Jensen-Pace, PhD, Joseph J. Cutuli, Ivy Pete, Susan DiTaranto, RN, BSN, MHA Sue Ogle, MSN, CRNP, and Beth Fitzgerald, RN, and Anna Meadows, MD and Ann Leahey, MD for assistance with ITR-2 ratings. We also appreciate the assistance of pediatric oncologists, nurses, social workers, and psychologists from other institutions who served as raters in the development of the PAT2.0. Finally, we also thank the CHOP Psychology Writer{\textquoteright}s Workshop for their helpful comments.",
year = "2008",
doi = "10.1093/jpepsy/jsm053",
language = "English",
volume = "33",
pages = "50--62",
journal = "Journal of Pediatric Psychology",
issn = "0146-8693",
publisher = "Oxford University Press",
number = "1",
}