Tools Measuring Quality of Death, Dying, and Care, Completed after Death: Systematic Review of Psychometric Properties.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Measuring the quality of care at the end of life and/or the quality of dying and death can be challenging. Some measurement tools seek to assess the quality of care immediately prior to death; others retrospectively assess, following death, the quality of end-of-life care. The comparative evaluation of the properties and application of the various instruments has been limited.

Objective

This systematic review identified and critically appraised the psychometric properties and applicability of tools used after death.

Method

We conducted a systematic review according to PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses) guidelines by systematically searching MEDLINE, Embase, CINAHL, and PsycINFO for relevant studies. We then apprais

SUBMITTER: Kupeli N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6397142 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature