Assessment Tools For Palliative Care | Center for Health Services and Outcomes Research

PI: Sydney Dy, MD, MSc
Funder: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Status: Results published

The aim of this project was to evaluate the evidence base for palliative care assessment tools. Based on a conceptual framework and evidence map, this project summarizes the evidence for use of palliative care assessment tools for three purposes: (i) palliative and hospice care clinical practice, (ii) quality measurement, and (iii) evaluation of palliative care interventions.

Products:

Aslakson RA, Dy SM, Wilson RF, Waldfogel J, Zhang A, Isenberg SR, Blair A, Sixon J, Lorenz KA, Robinson KA. Patient- and Caregiver-Reported Assessment Tools for Palliative Care: Summary of the 2017 Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Technical Brief. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2017 Dec;54(6):961-972.e16. doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2017.04.022. Epub 2017 Aug 15.

Assessment Tools for Palliative Care. Technical Brief, No. 30 Investigators: Rebecca Aslakson, Sydney M Dy, Renee F Wilson, Julie M Waldfogel, Allen Zhang, Sarina R Isenberg, Alex Blair, Joshua Sixon, and Karen A Robinson. Johns Hopkins University Evidence-based Practice Center. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); 2017 May. Report No.: 17-EHC007-EF. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK447774/