Table 1.
Example of Information Provided to Hospices
| Type of information Symptoms addressed | Patient sensory | Family sensory | Temporal | Environmental | Causes | What to do | Sub scores |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Audible respiratory secretions | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Bed-bound care | 0 | ||||||
| Breathing changes | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Cold extremities | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Coma | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Decreased socialization | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Disorientation | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Dysphagia | 0 | ||||||
| Dyspnea | 0 | ||||||
| Emotional/spiritual | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Fluid intake | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Food intake | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Incontinence | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Increased central body temperature | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Mandibular breathing | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Mottling | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Overall decline | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Pain | 0 | ||||||
| Restlessness | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Saying good bye | 0 | ||||||
| Sensory changes | 0 | ||||||
| Skin changes | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Sleeping | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Surge of energy | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Time of death | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Unusual communications | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Urine output decreased | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Visions | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Vital sign changes | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Subscores | 1 | 15 | 21 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 43 |
Scaled score = (43/174)*100 = 24.7 (0–100 range, mean score of all 150 documents = 22.4).