These latter 26 women had all been referred for formal psychological assessment because of concerns over their emotional health, including elevated EPDS scores.
We focused on the clinical skills assessment because of concerns raised by the General Medical Council as to the possibility of bias against certain groups, including men, British candidates of ethnic minority, and international medical graduates.
Participants also complete assessments of exercise participation [ 43, 44] (PAR), Physical Self-Perception Profile [ 45] (PSPP); the Short-Form Health Survey [ 46] (SF-36), and assessments of concern regarding post-cessation weight gain [ 47] (SSQ).
The purpose of this study was to develop a new cancer worry questionnaire, the Assessment of Survivor Concerns (or ASC).
Parental regulation involves assessment of time, concerns about content, and guidance about its developmental adequacy.
We hope that the PCC will sit with the parties to hear their sides and give a fair assessment of the concerns expressed by both parties and that any other action taken would take into account the practical hurdles that may lie across the parties' paths.
We developed and tested a six-item instrument, the Assessment of Survivor Concerns (ASC).
Both acknowledgment and exploration are necessary components of full assessment of psychosocial concerns, particularly in oncology settings.
Why should Barker and Horton's [ 1] work be of importance: why should an in-depth examination or assessment of community concerns be of relevance?
Several authors support our opinion that an assessment of parents' concerns and their need for support should be done in dialogue with the parents [ 32- 34].
Although a minority of patients was actively involved in final treatment decisions, there seems to be room for more active patient engagement to move past resistance through additional assessment of patient concerns and provision of relevant information.
