Screening for Palliative Care Need in Oncology: Validation of Patient-Reported Outcome Measures

Screening for Palliative Care Need in Oncology: Validation of Patient-Reported Outcome Measures

Leading oncology societies recommend monitoring symptoms and support needs through patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs), but their use for assessing specialist palliative care (SPC) need has not yet been explored. Research on SPC integration has focused on staff-assessed screening tools, which...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of pain and symptom management 2024-04, Vol.67 (4), p.279-289.e6
Hauptverfasser: Müller, Evelyn, Müller, Michael Josef, Boehlke, Christopher, Schäfer, Henning, Quante, Michael, Becker, Gerhild
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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Cross-Sectional Studies
Humans
neoplasms
Neoplasms - diagnosis
Neoplasms - therapy
palliative care
Palliative Care - methods
Patient Reported Outcome Measures
psychometrics
referral and consultation
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Zusammenfassung:Leading oncology societies recommend monitoring symptoms and support needs through patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs), but their use for assessing specialist palliative care (SPC) need has not yet been explored. Research on SPC integration has focused on staff-assessed screening tools, which are time-consuming. This study aimed to assess the diagnostic validity of the Integrated Palliative Outcome Scale (IPOS) and NCCN Distress Thermometer (NCCN DT) in identifying need for SPC in patients with incurable cancer. In a cross-sectional study, patients with incurable cancer (prognosis
ISSN:0885-3924
1873-6513
DOI:10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2023.12.013