SUMMARY TABLE OF RECOMMENDED TOOLS


DOMAIN

# OF TOOLS IN DOMAIN

TOOLS SELECTED FOR REVIEW

CONCEPTUAL MODEL, RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY REPORTED?

RESPONSIVENESS, INTERPRET-ABILITY & BURDEN REPORTED?

MODE OF ADMINISTRATION

# OF ITEMS IN TOOL

LANGUAGES OTHER THAN ENGLISH

Advance Care Planning

6

Toolkit of Instruments to Measure End of Life Care Bereaved Family Member Interview

Y

Y (responsiveness   data pending)

Interviewer-administered

7-items (for ACP)

None

Caregiver Well-being

53

Caregiver Strain Index

Y

N

Interviewer-administered

13-items

None

Caregiver Reaction Assessment Y Y Interviewer-administered 24-items Dutch

Continuity of Care

4

Picker Commonwealth Single Item

Y (for Conceptual Model)

Y

Self-administered

Single-item

Spanish

Smith-Falvo Patient-Doctor Interaction Scale

Y

Y

Self-administered

17-items

None

McCusker Scale

Y

Y

Interviewer-administered

4-items

None

Chao Patient Perception

Y

N

Mailed-survey/Chart- audit

23-items

None

Emotional Symptoms

41

Profile of Mood States

Y

Y

Interview-administered

11-items

None

Memorial Symptom Assessment Scale

Y

Y

Self-administered

23-items

None

CES-D

Y

Y

Self-administered or Interviewer-administered

20-items

Chinese

Rand Mental Health Inventory (MHI-5)

Y

Y

Self-administered

5-items

Several languages

Functional Status

15

Index of Independence in ADLs

Y

Y

Medical staff rated

6-items

None

Barthel Index

Y

Y

Self-administered, Medical staff-administered

10-items and 15-items

Japanese

Physical Self-Maintenance Scale

Y

N

Self-administered or Interviewer-administered

6-items

None

Rapid Disability Rating Scale

Y

N

Medical staff rated

18-items

French

Stanford Health Assessment Questionnaire

Y

Y

Self-administered or Interviewer/Telephone-administered

20-items

Swedish, Spanish, Dutch and French

FIM™ Instrument

Y

Y

Interview-administered

18-items

French, German, Japanese and Swedish

Grief and Bereavement

24

Grief Resolution Index

Y

Y

Interviewer-administered or Self-administered

7-items

None

Anticipatory Grief Scale

Y

N

Self-administered or Interviewer-administered

27-items

None

Physical Symptoms

64

McGill Pain Questionnaire

Y

Y

Self-administered or Interviewer-administered

11-items

Spanish, Danish, Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Polish, and Slovak
Wisconsin Brief Pain Questionnaire

Y

Y

Self-administered

17-items

None

Memorial Pain Assessment Card

Y

Y

Self-administered

8 descriptors and 3 visual analogue scales

None

Edmonton Symptom Assessment System

Y (for conceptual model)

Y

Self-administered or Proxy-administered

9 100mm visual analogue scales

None

Memorial Symptom Assessment Scale

Y

Y

Self-administered or Interviewer administered

32-items

None

Quality of Life

41

McGill QOL Questionnaire

Y

ongoing

Self-administered

17-items

French

Missoula-VITAS QOL Index

Y

N

Self-administered

27-items

None

EORTC (QLQ C-30)

Y

Y

Self-administered

30-items

38 languages

FACT/FACIT (Fact-G)

Y

Y

Self-administered

27-items

25-languages

Satisfaction

20

Medical Outcome Study Satisfaction Survey

Y

Y

Self-administered

21-items

Several languages

Toolkit of Instruments to Measure End of Life Care Bereaved Family Member Interview

Y

Y

Interviewer-administered

8-items

None

Picker-Commonwealth Survey

Y

Y

Self-administered

61-items

Spanish

FAMCARE

Y

Y

Interviewer-administered

20-items

None

Spirituality

25

Meaning in Life Scale

Y

N

Interview-administered

15-items

French

Spiritual Well-Being Scale

Y

Y

Self-administered

20-items

None

Spiritual Perspective Scale

Y

N

Self-administered

10-items

None

Death Transcendence Scale

Y

N

Self-administered

25-items

None

Death Attitude Profile

Y (conceptual model and validity)

N

Self-administered

21-items

None

Herth Hope Index

Y

Y

Interviewer-Administered

12-item

None

 

 



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