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Development of the palliative care needs assessment tool (PC-NAT) for use by multi-disciplinary health professionals
Author/Creator
Waller, A.;  Girgis, A.;  Currow, D.;  Lecathelinais, C.
Institution
The University of Newcastle. Faculty of Health, School of Medicine and Public Health
Description
Needs assessment strategies can facilitate prioritisation of resources. To develop a needs assessment tool for use with advanced cancer patients and caregivers, to prompt early intervation. A convenience sample of 103 health professionals viewed three videotaped consultations involving a simulated patient, his/her caregiver and a health professional, completed the Palliative Care Needs Assessment Tool (PC-NAT) and provided feedback on clarity, content and acceptability of the PC-NAT. Face and content validity, acceptability and feasibility of the PC-NAT were confirmed. Kappa scores indicated adequate inter-rater reliability for the majority of domains; the patient spirituality domain and the caregiver physical and family and relationship domains had low reliability. The PC-NAT can be used by health professionals with a range of clinical expertise to identify individuals’ needs, thereby enabling early intervention. Further psychometric testing and an evaluation to assess the impact of the systematic use of the PC-NAT on quality of life, unmet needs and service utilisation of patients and caregivers are underway.
Relation
Palliative Medicine Vol. 22, Issue 8, p. 956-964
Publisher Link
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0269216308098797
Date
2008
Publisher
Sage Publications
Keyword(s)
cancer;  palliative care;  needs assessment;  patient;  caregiver
Resource Type
journal article
Identifier
http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/42871
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ISSN:0269-2163
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"Palliative Medicine"
 
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