Validity and reliability of the palliative care needs assessment tool in Japanese patients with heart failure.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

Although patients with heart failure (HF) frequently experience considerable symptom burden and require significant care, most HF patients do not receive timely intervention due to the absence of a standardized method for identifying those in need of palliative care. The Needs Assessment Tool: Progressive Disease-Heart Failure (NAT: PD-HF) assesses the palliative care needs of patients with HF. However, its validity and reliability have yet to be fully examined. We aimed to assess the validity and reliability of the NAT: PD-HF in Japanese patients with HF.

Methods

We prospectively enrolled 106 consecutive patients with chronic HF admitted to our university hospital between February 2023 and July 2023. Their caregivers (n = 95) and healthcare providers (n = 17) were also

SUBMITTER: Tatsuta D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11424344 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature