Comprehensive assessment of patients in palliative care: a descriptive study utilizing the INTERMED.


Autoria(s): Mazzocato C.; Stiefel F.; de Jonge P.; Levorato A.; Ducret S.; Huyse F.J.
Data(s)

2000

Resumo

Documentation in palliative care is often restricted to medical and sociodemographic information, and the assessment of physical and psychological symptoms or the quality of life. In order to overcome the lack of comprehensive information, we have evaluated the utility of the INTERMED-a biopsychosocial assessment method to document integrated information of patients' needs-in 82 consecutive patients for whom a palliative care consultation was requested. Results confirm the biopsychosocial heterogeneity of the sample, and the importance of integrated information to clinical, scientific, educational, and health care policy agendas. The INTERMED could become a useful method to tailor interdisciplinary interventions based on comprehensive patient needs assessment.

Identificador

http://serval.unil.ch/?id=serval:BIB_B3AEF18B8D91

isbn:0885-3924

pmid:10699535

doi:10.1016/S0885-3924(99)00156-6

isiid:000085700100005

Idioma(s)

en

Fonte

Journal of pain and symptom management, vol. 19, no. 2, pp. 83-90

Palavras-Chave #Aged; Evaluation Studies as Topic; Female; Health Status; Humans; Male; Methods; Middle Aged; Needs Assessment; Palliative Care
Tipo

info:eu-repo/semantics/article

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