Revision of the Advanced Cancer Patients' Distress Scale (ACPDS): a mixed-methods study among palliative patients and healthcare professionals in Germany.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To revise the 37-item Advanced Cancer Patients' Distress Scale (ACPDS) regarding its content, comprehensibility, applicability, and relevance by healthcare professionals (HCPs) and patients in order to enhance an existing instrument that is appropriate for the needs of patients with advanced cancer admitted to palliative care.

Design

A preliminary revision of items regarding psychometric indices and relevance to initially shorten the scale, complemented by cognitive interviews with patients combining think-aloud and verbal-probe techniques and an HCP focus group on the detected remaining items. Interviews and the focus group were audio-recorded, transcribed verbatim and analysed using MAXQDA.

Setting

The study took place at a German palliative care unit.

SUBMITTER: Zuger A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10083778 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature