Palliative medicine
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Palliative medicine · Jan 2016
ReviewEAPC White Paper on outcome measurement in palliative care: Improving practice, attaining outcomes and delivering quality services - Recommendations from the European Association for Palliative Care (EAPC) Task Force on Outcome Measurement.
Outcome measurement plays an increasing role in improving the quality, effectiveness, efficiency and availability of palliative care. ⋯ The White Paper recommends the introduction of outcome measurement into practice and outcomes that allow for national and international comparisons. Outcome measurement is key to understanding different models of care across countries and, ultimately, patient outcome having controlled for differing patients characteristics.
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Palliative medicine · Jan 2016
ReviewPsychometric properties of carer-reported outcome measures in palliative care: A systematic review.
Informal carers face many challenges in caring for patients with palliative care needs. Selecting suitable valid and reliable outcome measures to determine the impact of caring and carers' outcomes is a common problem. ⋯ A broad range of outcome measures have been used for informal carers of patients with palliative care needs. Little formal psychometric testing has been undertaken. Furthermore, development and refinement of measures in this field is required.
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Palliative medicine · Jan 2016
ReviewPsychometric properties of carer-reported outcome measures in palliative care: A systematic review.
Informal carers face many challenges in caring for patients with palliative care needs. Selecting suitable valid and reliable outcome measures to determine the impact of caring and carers' outcomes is a common problem. ⋯ A broad range of outcome measures have been used for informal carers of patients with palliative care needs. Little formal psychometric testing has been undertaken. Furthermore, development and refinement of measures in this field is required.