The Surprise Question and clinician-predicted prognosis: systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Surprise Question, 'Would you be surprised if this person died within the next year?' is a simple tool that can be used by clinicians to identify people within the last year of life. This review aimed to determine the accuracy of this assessment, across different healthcare settings, specialties, follow-up periods and respondents.

Methods

Searches were conducted of Medline, Embase, AMED, PubMed and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, from inception until 01 January 2024. Studies were included if they reported original data on the ability of the Surprise Question to predict survival. For each study (including subgroups), sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive values and accuracy were determined.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Gupta A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11874281 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature