Symptoms and problems reported by patients with non-cancer diseases through open-ended questions in specialist palliative care: a national register-based study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Since 2010, a comprehensive symptom/problem (S/P) assessment has been carried out in Danish specialist palliative care using the EORTC QLQ-C15-PAL questionnaire and the open-ended "Write In three Symptoms/Problems" (WISP) instrument. On WISP patients can report up to three S/Ps not included in the EORTC QLQ-C15-PAL. However, little is known about which S/Ps patients with non-cancer diseases report using WISP. Therefore, we investigated the prevalence and severity of S/Ps reported on WISP by non-cancer patients in specialist palliative care and compared these S/Ps with those previously reported by cancer patients.

Methods

This register-based study collected data from the Danish Palliative Care Database. We included adult patients with non-cancer diseases answering the

SUBMITTER: Rojas-Concha L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10837258 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature