Proactive and systematic multidimensional needs assessment in patients with advanced cancer approaching palliative care: a study protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The benefits of palliative care rely on how healthcare professionals assess patients' needs in the initial encounter/s; crucial to the design of a personalised therapeutic plan. However, there is currently no evidence-based guideline to perform this needs assessment. We aim to design and evaluate a proactive and systematic method for the needs assessment using quality guidelines for developing complex interventions. This will involve patients, their relatives and healthcare professionals in all phases of the study and its communication to offer clinical practice a reliable approach to address the palliative needs of patients.

Methods and analysis

To design and assess the feasibility of an evidence-based, proactive and systematic Multidimensional needs Assessment

SUBMITTER: Pergolizzi D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7045209 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature