Abstract
Quality of life (QoL) assessment is crucial for the evaluation of palliative care outcome. In this paper, our methodological approach was based on the creation of summary measures. Fifty-eight Palliative Care Units (PCUs) in Italy participated in the study. Each PCU randomly selected patients to be 'evaluated' among the consecutively 'registered' patients. At baseline (first visit) and each week the patient was asked to fill in a QoL questionnaire, the Therapy Impact Questionnaire (TIQ). Short-survivors (
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 179-188 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | Journal of Pain and Symptom Management |
Volume | 21 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2001 |
Keywords
- Outcome
- Palliative care
- Quality of life
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
- Clinical Neurology
- Neurology
- Nursing(all)