55 reviews
2012
Carey M, Noble N, Sanson-Fisher R, MacKenzie L.Identifying psychological morbidity among people with cancer using the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale: time to revisit first principles? Psychooncology. 2012 Mar;21(3):229-38.
2011
Gijsberts MJ, Echteld MA, van der Steen JT, Muller MT, Otten RH, Ribbe MW, Deliens L. Spirituality at the End of Life: Conceptualization of Measurable Aspects-a Systematic Review. J Palliat Med. 2011 Jul;14(7):852-63. Epub 2011 May 25.
Hjermstad MJ, Fayers PM, Haugen DF, Caraceni A, Hanks GW, Loge JH, Fainsinger R, Aass N, Kaasa S; European Palliative Care Research Collaborative (EPCRC). Studies comparing numerical rating scales, verbal rating scales, and visual analogue scales for assessment of pain intensity in adults: a systematic literature review. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2011 Jun;41(6):1073-93.
Monod S, Brennan M, Rochat E, Martin E, Rochat S, Büla CJ. Instruments measuring spirituality in clinical research: a systematic review. J Gen Intern Med. 2011 Nov;26(11):1345-57. Epub 2011 Jul 2.
Parker D, Hodgkinson B. A comparison of palliative care outcome measures used to assess the quality of palliative care provided in long-term care facilities: a systematic review. Palliat Med. 2011 Jan;25(1):5-20. Epub 2010 Sep 3.
Selman L, Harding R, Gysels M, Speck P, Higginson IJ. The measurement of spirituality in palliative care and the content of tools validated cross-culturally: a systematic review. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2011 Apr;41(4):728-53.
Selman L, Siegert R, Harding R, Gysels M, Speck P, Higginson IJ. A psychometric evaluation of measures of spirituality validated in culturally diverse palliative care populations.J Pain Symptom Manage. 2011 Oct;42(4):604-22.
van Soest-Poortvliet MC, van der Steen JT, Zimmerman S, Cohen LW, Munn J, Achterberg WP, Ribbe MW, de Vet HC. Measuring the quality of dying and quality of care when dying in long-term care settings: a qualitative content analysis of available instruments. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2011 Dec;42(6):852-63.
2010
Agnew A, Manktelow R, Taylor B, Jones L. Bereavement needs assessment in specialist palliative care: a review of the literature. Palliat Med. 2010 Jan;24(1):46-59. Epub 2009 Sep 17.
Albers G, Echteld MA, de Vet HC, Onwuteaka-Philipsen BD, van der Linden MH, Deliens L. Content and spiritual items of quality-of-life instruments appropriate for use in palliative care: a review. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2010 Aug;40(2):290-300. Epub 2010 Jun 11.
Albers G, Echteld MA, de Vet HC, Onwuteaka-Philipsen BD, van der Linden MH, Deliens L. Evaluation of quality-of-life measures for use in palliative care: a systematic review. Palliat Med. 2010 Jan;24(1):17-37. Epub 2009 Oct 20.
Danquah FV, Wasserman J, Meininger J, Bergstrom N. Quality of life measures for patients on hemodialysis: a review of psychometric properties. Nephrol Nurs J. 2010 May-Jun;37(3):255-69; quiz 270.
Hales S, Zimmermann C, Rodin G. The quality of dying and death: a systematic review of measures. Palliat Med. 2010 Mar;24(2):127-44. Epub 2010 Jan 19.
Hanson LC, Scheunemann LP, Zimmerman S, Rokoske FS, Schenck AP. The PEACE project review of clinical instruments for hospice and palliative care. J Palliat Med. 2010 Oct;13(10):1253-60.
Hudson PL, Trauer T, Graham S, Grande G, Ewing G, Payne S, Stajduhar KI, Thomas K. A systematic review of instruments related to family caregivers of palliative care patients. Palliat Med. 2010 Oct;24(7):656-68. Epub 2010 Jul 6.
Klassen AF, Strohm SJ, Maurice-Stam H, Grootenhuis MA. Quality of life questionnaires for children with cancer and childhood cancer survivors: a review of the development of available measures. Support Care Cancer. 2010 Sep;18(9):1207-17. Epub 2009 Oct 16.
Mitchell AJ, Meader N, Symonds P. Diagnostic validity of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) in cancer and palliative settings: a meta-analysis. J Affect Disord. 2010 Nov;126(3):335-48. Epub 2010 Mar 5.
Walker J, Böhnke JR, Cerny T, Strasser F. Development of symptom assessments utilising item response theory and computer-adaptive testing--a practical method based on a systematic review. Crit Rev Oncol Hematol. 2010 Jan;73(1):47-67. Epub.
Wong CL, Holroyd-Leduc J, Simel DL, Straus SE. Does this patient have delirium?: value of bedside instruments. JAMA. 2010 Aug 18;304(7):779-86.
2009
Helbostad JL, Hølen JC, Jordhøy MS, Ringdal GI, Oldervoll L, Kaasa S; European Association for Palliative Care (EAPC) Research Network. A first step in the development of an international self-report instrument for physical functioning in palliative cancer care: a systematic literature review and an expert opinion evaluation study. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2009 Feb;37(2):196-205.
Knudsen AK, Aass N, Fainsinger R, Caraceni A, Klepstad P, Jordhøy M, Hjermstad MJ, Kaasa S. Classification of pain in cancer patients--a systematic literature review. Palliat Med. 2009 Jun;23(4):295-308. Epub 2009 Mar 13.
Salvo N, Hadi S, Napolskikh J, Goh P, Sinclair E, Chow E. Quality of life measurement in cancer patients receiving palliative radiotherapy for symptomatic lung cancer: a literature review. Curr Oncol. 2009 Mar;16(2):16-28.
Vodermaier A, Linden W, Siu C. Screening for emotional distress in cancer patients: a systematic review of assessment instruments. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2009 Nov 4;101(21):1464-88. Epub 2009 Oct 13.
Wasteson E, Brenne E, Higginson IJ, Hotopf M, Lloyd-Williams M, Kaasa S, Loge JH; European Palliative Care Research Collaborative (EPCRC). Depression assessment and classification in palliative cancer patients: a systematic literature review. Palliat Med. 2009 Dec;23(8):739-53. Epub 2009 Oct 13.
Wettergren L, Kettis-Lindblad A, Sprangers M, Ring L. The use, feasibility and psychometric properties of an individualised quality-of-life instrument: a systematic review of the SEIQoL-DW. Qual Life Res. 2009 Aug;18(6):737-46. Epub 2009 Jun 3.
Whalen KJ, Buchholz SW. The reliability, validity and feasibility of tools used to screen for caregiver burden: a systematic review. JBI Library of Systematic Reviews. 2009;7(32):1372-429. No Abstract Available.
Whitehead L. The measurement of fatigue in chronic illness: a systematic review of unidimensional and multidimensional fatigue measures. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2009 Jan;37(1):107-28.
2008
Mayland C, Williams E, Ellershaw J. How well do current instruments using bereaved relatives’ views evaluate care for dying patients? Palliat Med. 2008 Mar;22(2):133-44.
Nekolaichuk C, Watanabe S, Beaumont C. The Edmonton Symptom Assessment System: a 15-year retrospective review of validation studies (1991--2006). Palliat Med. 2008 Mar;22(2):111-22.
Thekkumpurath P, Venkateswaran C, Kumar M, Bennett MI. Screening for psychological distress in palliative care: a systematic review. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2008 Nov;36(5):520-8.
2007
Bausewein C, Farquhar M, Booth S, Gysels M, Higginson IJ. Measurement of breathlessness in advanced disease: a systematic review. Respir Med. 2007 Mar;101(3):399-410. Epub 2006 Aug 17.
Cole JC Dubois D, Kosinski M. Use of patient-reported sleep measures in clinical trials of pain treatment: a literature review and synthesis of current sleep measures and a conceptual model of sleep disturbance in pain. Clin Ther. 2007;29(Suppl):2580-8.
Dorman S, Byrne A, Edwards A. Which measurement scales should we use to measure breathlessness in palliative care? A systematic review. Palliat Med. 2007 Apr;21(3):177-91.
Halvorsrud L, Kalfoss M. The conceptualization and measurement of quality of life in older adults: a review of empirical studies published during 1994-2006. Eur J Ageing. 2007 Dec;4(4):229-46.
Imhof SL, Kaskie B, Wyatt MG. Finding the way to a better death: an evaluation of palliative care referral tools. J Gerontol Nurs. 2007 Jun;33(6):40-9.
Jordhoy MS, Inger Ringdal G, Helbostad JL, Oldervoll L, Loge JH, Kaasa S. Assessing physical functioning: a systematic review of quality of life measures developed for use in palliative care. Palliat Med. 2007 Dec;21(8):673-82.
Lau F, Cloutier-Fisher D, Kuziemsky C, Black F, Downing M, Borycki E, Ho F. A systematic review of prognostic tools for estimating survival time in palliative care. J Palliat Care. 2007 Summer;23(2):93-112.
Mitchell AJ. Pooled results from 38 analyses of the accuracy of distress thermometer and other ultra-short methods of detecting cancer-related mood disorders. J Clin Oncol. 2007 Oct 10;25(29):4670-81. Epub 2007 Sep 10.
Mularski RA, Dy SM, Shugarman LR, Wilkinson AM, Lynn J, Shekelle PG, Morton SC, Sun VC, Hughes RG, Hilton LK, Maglione M, Rhodes SL, Rolon C, Lorenz KA. A systematic review of measures of end-of-life care and its outcomes. Health Serv Res. 2007 Oct;42(5):1848-70.
Richardson A, Medina J, Brown V, Sitzia J. Patients' needs assessment in cancer care: a review of assessment tools. Support Care Cancer. 2007 Oct;15(10):1125-44. Epub 2007 Jan 19.
Saxby C, Ackroyd R, Collins S, Mayland C. How should we measure emesis in palliative care? Palliat Med. 2007 Jul;21(5):369-83.
2006
Giacomini M, Cook D, DeJean D, Shaw R, Gedge E. Decision tools for life support: a review and policy analysis. Crit Care Med. 2006 Mar;34(3):864-70.
Holen J, Hjermstad M, Loge J, Fayers P, Caraceni A, De Conno F, Forbes K, Fürst CJ, Radbruch L, Kaasa S. Pain assessment tools: is the content appropriate for use in palliative care? J Pain Symptom Manage. 2006 Dec;32(6):567-80.
Kirkova J, Davis MP, Walsh D, Tiernan E, O'Leary N, LeGrand SB, Lagman RL, Russell KM. Cancer symptom assessment instruments: a systematic review. J Clin Oncol. 2006 Mar 20;24(9):1459-73.
Lorenz KA, Lynn J, Dy S, Wilkinson A, Mularski RA, Shugarman LR, Hughes R, Asch SM, Rolon C, Rastegar A, Shekelle PG. Quality measures for symptoms and advance care planning in cancer: a systematic review. J Clin Oncol. 2006 Oct 20;24(30):4933-8.
Zwakhalen SM, Hamers JP, Abu-Saad HH, Berger MP. Pain in elderly people with severe dementia: a systematic review of behavioural pain assessment tools. BMC Geriatr. 2006 Jan 27;6:3.
2005
Caraceni A, Brunelli C, Martini C, Zecca E, De Conno, F. Cancer pain assessment in clinical trials. a review of the literature (1999-2002). J Pain Symptom Manage. 2005 May;29(5):507-19.