Assessing the sensitivity and acceptability of the Royal Marsden Palliative Care Referral "Triggers" Tool for outpatients with cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To evaluate the use, acceptability, and experience of a seven-item palliative care referral screening tool in an outpatient oncology setting.

Methods

A two-phase convergent parallel mixed-methods study. Patient participants who met any of the "Royal Marsden Triggers Tool" criteria were compared with those who did not in terms of demographic data, palliative care needs (Integrated Palliative Outcome Scale, IPOS) and quality of life indicators (EORTC-QLQ-C30). In-depth interviews were carried out with patients and oncology staff about their views and experience of the "Royal Marsden Triggers Tool". Qualitative and quantitative data were triangulated at data interpretation.

Results

Three hundred forty-eight patients were recruited to the quantitative phase of the

SUBMITTER: Kamal L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11485094 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature