"What do I need to know about you?": the Patient Dignity Question, age, and proximity to death among patients with cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The Patient Dignity Question (PDQ), "What do I need to know about you as a person to give you the best care possible?" is a validated instrument designed to assess patient priorities and stressors. Administration of the PDQ has been demonstrated to improve patient-provider relationships. The PDQ has been evaluated in multiple settings, but never as a standard component of palliative care consultation. The primary objectives of this study were to determine the feasibility of PDQ screening in palliative care consultation and to characterize responses. The secondary objective was to determine patient and disease factors associated with PDQ response among patients diagnosed with cancer.

Methods

PDQ responses were collected from 2015 to 2017, and patient survival data col

SUBMITTER: Hadler RA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8896848 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature