AUG 11, 2026 · JOURNAL ARTICLE
The Thyroid Cancer Modified Anxiety Scale (TC-MAX): Development and External Validation of a Thyroid Cancer Distress Instrument
Thyroid
Sound instrument development and validation study with robust psychometrics in a relevant population, but measures a patient-reported outcome (anxiety) rather than a clinical endpoint, and is limited to papillary thyroid cancer patients.
Reported
Sample size (external validation)1002
Sample size (internal validation)148
Internal consistency (internal va…0.93