# OnCo record distress-screening-and-referral (protocol). Data CC BY-NC 4.0, attribute "Data from OnCo (onco.cc)". Whole corpus: https://onco.cc/api/v1/onco.nt
@prefix schema: <https://schema.org/> .
@prefix onco: <https://onco.cc/ns#> .
@prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> .

<https://onco.cc/protocols/distress-screening-and-referral/>
  a schema:MedicalGuideline ;
  onco:kind "protocol" ;
  schema:identifier "distress-screening-and-referral" ;
  schema:name "Distress screening with the distress thermometer, and referral by need"@en ;
  schema:alternateName "distress thermometer"@en, "NCCN distress thermometer and problem list"@en, "screening for distress"@en, "sixth vital sign"@en, "psychosocial screening"@en, "holistic needs assessment"@en, "stepped care for anxiety and depression"@en ;
  schema:description "Many people with cancer feel worried, low or overwhelmed, and money, work or caring for others add to it. Clinics often ask you to mark a scale from 0 to 10 for your distress in the past week and tick a list of problems. A score of 4 or more is a signal for the team to talk it through and offer help, such as a psychologist, social worker or chaplain. Screening only helps when someone acts on it."@en ;
  schema:url <https://onco.cc/protocols/distress-screening-and-referral/> ;
  schema:dateModified "2026-11-11"^^xsd:date ;
  onco:tag "protocol", "supportive-care", "psychosocial" ;
  onco:related <https://onco.cc/technologies/rejuv-access-survivorship-care-uk/> ;
  onco:sections <https://onco.cc/fronts/supportive-care/> ;
  onco:technologies <https://onco.cc/technologies/psycho-oncology/>, <https://onco.cc/technologies/rejuv-mind-distress-screening/>, <https://onco.cc/technologies/rejuv-mind-anxiety-after-cancer/>, <https://onco.cc/technologies/rejuv-mind-depression-after-cancer/>, <https://onco.cc/technologies/mindfulness-based-interventions/>, <https://onco.cc/technologies/cbt-fatigue-distress/> ;
  onco:institutions <https://onco.cc/institutions/asco/>, <https://onco.cc/institutions/nice/>, <https://onco.cc/institutions/macmillan-cancer-support/>, <https://onco.cc/institutions/ipos/> ;
  onco:terms <https://onco.cc/terms/quality-of-life/> .