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. 2019 Mar 25;2019(3):CD012387. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD012387.pub2

Skorstengaard 2014.

Methods Patients from oncology, cardiology, and respiratory departments
Country: Denmark
Age: not reported
Sex: not reported
Inclusion criteria: patients from oncology, cardiology, and respiratory departments
Exclusion criteria: not reported
N randomised: not reported
N in analysis: not reported
Participants Content of screen: well‐being and preferences for end‐of‐life care
Interventionist: a healthcare professional conducts the discussion with the participant and if possible a relative
Intervention procedure: unclear
Conditions for implementation: not reported
Comparative condition: usual care
Length of follow‐up: unclear
Interventions Primary outcomes/Secondary outcomes
  1. QoL

  2. satisfaction with healthcare services

  3. meeting preferences for place of care and death

  4. anxiety

  5. psychological distress in participants and relatives


Outcome time points: unclear, relatives are questioned after participant death
Outcomes Information from conference abstract available, no further information received from study authors
Notes  

Abbreviations:

ADL: Activities of Daily Living
 BPI: Brief Pain Inventory
 CFS: Chronic Fatique Symptoms
 CG: control group
 DT: Distress Thermometer
 EORTC QLQ‐BR23: European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer‐Quality of Life Questionnaire‐Breast Cancer 23 items
 EORTC QLQ‐C30: European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer‐Quality of Life Questionnaire‐Core 30 items
 EORTC QLQ‐HN35: European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer‐Quality of Life Questionnaire‐Head and Neck Cancer 35 items
 ePROM: electronic patient reported outcome measures
 ESAS‐r: Edmonton Symptom Assessment System‐revised
 FACIT‐II: Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy version 2
 FACT‐HN: Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy‐Head and Neck Cancer
 GAD‐7: Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7‐item scale
 HADS: Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale
 HRQoL: health‐related quality of life
 IG: intervention group
 iPEHOC: Improving Patient Experience and Health Outcomes Collaborative
 MDT: multidisciplinary team
 PHQ‐9: Patient Health Questionnaire 9‐item depression module
 POMS: Profile of Mood States
 RCT: randomised controlled trial
 VES‐13: Vulnerable Elders Survey.