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Eun-Jung Shim

Professor, Department of Psychology, Pusan National University
Verified email at pusan.ac.kr
Cited by 2000

Distress and its correlates in Korean cancer patients: pilot use of the distress thermometer and the problem list

EJ Shim, YW Shin, HJ Jeon… - Psycho‐Oncology: Journal …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
The distress thermometer (DT), a one‐item measure for distress, provides a means for
rapidly and effectively screening psychological distress in cancer patients. In this pilot study …

[HTML][HTML] A review of breast cancer survivorship issues from survivors' perspectives

J Cho, SY Jung, JE Lee, EJ Shim, NH Kim… - Journal of breast …, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Despite the fact that more breast cancer survivors are currently enjoying longer lifespans,
there remains limited knowledge about the factors and issues that are of greatest …

Health-related quality of life in breast cancer: A cross-cultural survey of German, Japanese, and South Korean patients

EJ Shim, A Mehnert, A Koyama, SJ Cho, H Inui… - Breast cancer research …, 2006 - Springer
Purpose The aim of this study was to evaluate health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in
breast cancer patients across countries, and to cross-culturally examine the impact of …

Association of depression and anxiety disorder with the risk of mortality in breast cancer: a National Health Insurance Service study in Korea

EJ Shim, JW Lee, J Cho, HK Jung, NH Kim… - Breast cancer research …, 2020 - Springer
Purpose To examine whether depression, anxiety disorder, and their co-occurrence would
increase the risk of mortality in patients with breast cancer, and whether antidepressant …

Depression and the vision-related quality of life in patients with retinitis pigmentosa

BJ Hahm, YW Shin, EJ Shim, HJ Jeon… - British Journal of …, 2008 - bjo.bmj.com
Aims: To assess the relationship between depression and the vision-related quality of life in
patients with retinitis pigmentosa (RP). Methods: The study included 144 patients diagnosed …

The development of a comprehensive needs assessment tool for cancer‐caregivers in patient–caregiver dyads

DW Shin, JH Park, EJ Shim, JH Park, JY Choi… - Psycho …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Objective: The assessment of a caregiver's needs is a critical step for determining
appropriate support services, providing high quality care, and achieving caregiver …

Comprehensive needs assessment tool in cancer (CNAT): the development and validation

EJ Shim, KS Lee, JH Park, JH Park - Supportive Care in Cancer, 2011 - Springer
Purpose Needs assessment is an important step toward quality and patient-centered cancer
care, as it identifies patient need, guiding evidence-based cancer care policy, and …

Increased fear of progression in cancer patients with recurrence

EJ Shim, YW Shin, DY Oh, BJ Hahm - General hospital psychiatry, 2010 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: This study investigated the fear of progression (FoP) in cancer patients and the
discriminant ability of the Fear of Progression Questionnaire (FoP-Q) against the Hospital …

Modeling quality of life in patients with rheumatic diseases: the role of pain catastrophizing, fear-avoidance beliefs, physical disability, and depression

EJ Shim, BJ Hahm, DJ Go, KM Lee… - Disability and …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose: To examine factors in the fear-avoidance model, such as pain, pain
catastrophizing, fear-avoidance beliefs, physical disability, and depression and their …

The effect of perceived social support on chemotherapy-related symptoms in patients with breast cancer: a prospective observational study

GH Oh, CW Yeom, EJ Shim, D Jung, KM Lee… - Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Objective Few studies have examined the effect of perceived social support (PSS) on
chemotherapy-related symptoms (CRS). This study examined the effect of PSS on CRS in …