Interrater agreement of multi-professional case review as reference standard for specialist palliative care need: a mixed-methods study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A wide variety of screening tools for the need for specialist palliative care (SPC) have been proposed for the use in oncology. However, as there is no established reference standard for SPC need to compare their results with, their sensitivity and specificity have not yet been determined. The aim of the study was to explore whether SPC need assessment by means of multi-professional case review has sufficient interrater agreement to be employed as a reference standard.

Methods

Comprehensive case descriptions were prepared for 20 inpatients with advanced oncologic disease at the University Hospital Freiburg (Germany). All cases were presented to the palliative care teams of three different hospitals in independent, multi-professional case review sessions. The teams

SUBMITTER: Muller E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10652431 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature