Validation of a palliative care outcome measurement tool supplemented by neurological symptoms (HOPE+): Identification of palliative concerns of neurological patients.

CONCLUSION: HOPE+ demonstrates promising psychometric properties. It helps to assess palliative care issues of patients in neurological settings and, in combination with the 12-SQ, conceivably conditions when to initiate the palliative care approach in a population underrepresented in palliative care structures so far.
PMID: 31280657 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Palliative Medicine - July 7, 2019 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Dillen K, Ebke M, Koch A, Becker I, Ostgathe C, Voltz R, Golla H Tags: Palliat Med Source Type: research