Dying, death and bereavement: developing a national survey of bereaved relatives.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Assessing and measuring the experience and quality of care provided is central to the improvement of care delivery of all healthcare systems. This paper reports on the development of a survey instrument to capture the experiences of care at end of life from the perspective of bereaved relatives in the Republic of Ireland.

Methods

A multi-method, multi-stakeholder, sequential approach was adopted for this study. Items for inclusion in the survey instrument bank were identified through (1) a feasibility study and scoping literature review, (2) expert panel programme board review, (3) focus groups and (4) gap analysis. The following steps were undertaken to prioritise the items for inclusion in the final survey instrument: (1) a Delphi study (2) technical expert pane

SUBMITTER: O Coimin D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9947439 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature