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The families evaluation on management, care and disclosure for terminal stage cancer patients
BACKGROUND: Quality of life is an important concept which is subjective and personal; what is an acceptable quality of life to one may be 'worse than death' to another. The objective of this study was to develop and validate a questionnaire to assess relatives' perceptions and attitud...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC102762/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11945181 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-684X-1-3 |
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author | Mystakidou, Kyriaki Parpa, Efi Tsilika, Eleni Kalaidopoulou, Ourania Vlahos, Lambros |
author_facet | Mystakidou, Kyriaki Parpa, Efi Tsilika, Eleni Kalaidopoulou, Ourania Vlahos, Lambros |
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description | BACKGROUND: Quality of life is an important concept which is subjective and personal; what is an acceptable quality of life to one may be 'worse than death' to another. The objective of this study was to develop and validate a questionnaire to assess relatives' perceptions and attitudes towards their terminal stage cancer patients' management (information disclosure, treatment choice, hospitalization and support-communication and care) including aspects regarding end-of-life and quality-of-life decisions. METHODS: The final study consisted of 146 relatives of advanced terminal stage cancer patients receiving palliation, attending a Pain Relief and Palliative Care Unit. The questionnaire incorporated 6 multi-item and 7 single-item scales, and was developed following a systematic review of measures appropriate for use in palliative care settings. RESULTS: Following analysis of the 25-item scale, the questionnaire has been validated as a shortened 21-item scale consisting of 5 multi-item and 5 single-item scales. Factor analysis was based upon information disclosure, hospitalization, and support-communication demonstrating Cronbach's alpha coefficients of 0.66, 0.5 and 0.70 respectively. Average item totals and inter-item scale correlations were between 0.62–0.70, with convergent validity correlations between 0.60–0.86. The questionnaire was well accepted by all subjects with an 8–10 minute completion time. CONCLUSION: The shortened 21-item self-assessment questionnaire may provide acceptable and valid assessment of caregiver(s)/Greek cancer patients' relatives perceptions on palliative care. |
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spelling | pubmed-1027622002-04-25 The families evaluation on management, care and disclosure for terminal stage cancer patients Mystakidou, Kyriaki Parpa, Efi Tsilika, Eleni Kalaidopoulou, Ourania Vlahos, Lambros BMC Palliat Care Research Article BACKGROUND: Quality of life is an important concept which is subjective and personal; what is an acceptable quality of life to one may be 'worse than death' to another. The objective of this study was to develop and validate a questionnaire to assess relatives' perceptions and attitudes towards their terminal stage cancer patients' management (information disclosure, treatment choice, hospitalization and support-communication and care) including aspects regarding end-of-life and quality-of-life decisions. METHODS: The final study consisted of 146 relatives of advanced terminal stage cancer patients receiving palliation, attending a Pain Relief and Palliative Care Unit. The questionnaire incorporated 6 multi-item and 7 single-item scales, and was developed following a systematic review of measures appropriate for use in palliative care settings. RESULTS: Following analysis of the 25-item scale, the questionnaire has been validated as a shortened 21-item scale consisting of 5 multi-item and 5 single-item scales. Factor analysis was based upon information disclosure, hospitalization, and support-communication demonstrating Cronbach's alpha coefficients of 0.66, 0.5 and 0.70 respectively. Average item totals and inter-item scale correlations were between 0.62–0.70, with convergent validity correlations between 0.60–0.86. The questionnaire was well accepted by all subjects with an 8–10 minute completion time. CONCLUSION: The shortened 21-item self-assessment questionnaire may provide acceptable and valid assessment of caregiver(s)/Greek cancer patients' relatives perceptions on palliative care. BioMed Central 2002-04-10 /pmc/articles/PMC102762/ /pubmed/11945181 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-684X-1-3 Text en Copyright © 2002 Mystakidou et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article: verbatim copying and redistribution of this article are permitted in all media for any purpose, provided this notice is preserved along with the article's original URL. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Mystakidou, Kyriaki Parpa, Efi Tsilika, Eleni Kalaidopoulou, Ourania Vlahos, Lambros The families evaluation on management, care and disclosure for terminal stage cancer patients |
title | The families evaluation on management, care and disclosure for terminal stage cancer patients |
title_full | The families evaluation on management, care and disclosure for terminal stage cancer patients |
title_fullStr | The families evaluation on management, care and disclosure for terminal stage cancer patients |
title_full_unstemmed | The families evaluation on management, care and disclosure for terminal stage cancer patients |
title_short | The families evaluation on management, care and disclosure for terminal stage cancer patients |
title_sort | families evaluation on management, care and disclosure for terminal stage cancer patients |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC102762/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11945181 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-684X-1-3 |
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