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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jan 28.
Published in final edited form as: Res Nurs Health. 2018 Oct 10;41(6):501–510. doi: 10.1002/nur.21915

Table 2.

Intervention domains and related outcome measures

Domain Intervention approach Outcome measures
Overall palliative approach • Utilize core values in all messaging (cultural tailoring)
• Importance of family (familia or familism)
• Personal Connections based on trust (confianza)
• Value/build strong interpersonal connections (personalismo)
FACT-G
PNPOM
Aggressive care at the very end of life
Advance care planning (ACP) • Review educational materials about advance directives (AD)
• Leave a blank copy of AD with participant
• Help patient complete a goals/values history
• Help participant complete an AD
• Reinforce benefits and limitations of ACP
• Ensure AD reaches medical record
• Review AD documents
ACP Engagement survey
AD documentation in EHR
Pain and symptom management • Review educational materials about pain and symptom assessment and management; discuss participant’s current symptom level
• Discuss strategy to talk about pain and symptom related issues with primary care provider
• Facilitate achieving adequate pain and symptom control by empowering participant through role playing
• Explore and help resolve barriers and problems with pain and symptom management
• Review current pain and symptom management plan; explore and help resolve barriers
BPI
ESAS-r
Hospice utilization • Review educational materials about palliative care and general goals of hospice care
• Discuss goals and values history with participant
• Start working on a plan for palliative care that incorporates values and goals of participant
• Review plan for palliative care
• Referral if appropriate and requested by participant
Hospice utilization:
• Enrollment
• Length of Stay