Nº |
Year |
Country |
Title of Publication |
Level of evidence |
Assessment Instrument |
1 |
2017 |
Australia |
Recognizing older frail patients near the end of life: What’s next?9
|
V |
Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment - CGA Frailty Index (FI) Fried’s frailty phenotype Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS) Fatigue Resistance Ambulation Illness Loss of weight (FRAIL) scale Groningen Frailty Indicator (GFI) EASYcare-TOS Edmonton Frailty Scale (EFS) Identification of Seniors at Risk (ISAR) FRAIL-NH scale
|
2 |
2016 |
Poland |
Functional assessment of the elderly with the use of EASYCare Standard 2010 and Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment10
|
III |
EASYCare Standard 2010; Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment - CGA |
3 |
2005 |
USA |
Assessment Instruments Clinics in Geriatric Medicine11
|
V |
Karnofsky Performance Scale Activities of Daily Living (ADL) Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL) Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group Perfomance Status Scale (ECOG Perfomance Status) Rapid Disability Rating Scale (RDRS) Health Assessment Questionnaire (HAQ) Functional Independence Measure (FIM) Sickness Impact Profile (SIP) Time Up and Go test (TUG) European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire Core 30 items (EORTC-QLQ-C30) Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy (FACIT) McGill Quality of Life Questionnaire (MQoL) |
4 |
2003 |
USA |
The RAI-PC: An assessment instrument for palliative care in all settings
12
|
III |
RAI-PC |
5 |
2016 |
Belgium |
An instrument to collect data on frequency and intensity of symptoms in older palliative cancer patients: A development and validation study13
|
IV |
Memorial Symptom Assessment Scale Edmonton Symptom Assessment System Rotterdam Symptom Checklist European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire Core 30 items (EORTC-QLQ-C30) Hospice Quality of Life Index McGill Quality of Life (MQoL) Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy and Spiritual well-being Symptom Assessment To Improve Symptom Control For Institutionalized Elderly (SATISFIE) |
6 |
2016 |
Belgium |
Usefulness, feasibility and face validity of the interRAI Palliative Care instrument according to care professionals in nursing homes: A qualitative study
14
|
IV |
RAI-PC |
7 |
2014 |
Norway |
The last three days of life: a comparison of pain management in the young old
and the oldest old hospitalized patients using the Resident Assessment Instrument for Palliative Care
15
|
III |
RAI-PC |
8 |
2014 |
Canada |
Care planning needs of palliative home care clients: Development of the interRAI palliative care assessment clinical assessment protocols (CAPs)16
|
IV |
PC interRAI |
9 |
2008 |
Canada |
Reliability of the interRAI suite of assessment instruments: a 12-country study of na integrated health information system
17
|
III |
InterRAI Long Term Care Facility (interRAI LTCF); InterRAI Home Care (interRAI HC); InterRAI Post-acute Care (interRAI PAC); InterRAI Palliative Care (interRAI PC); InterRAI Mental Health ( interRAI MH). |
10 |
2015 |
USA |
Measuring End-of-Life Care and Outcomes in Residential Care/Assisted Living and Nursing Homes18
|
III |
Family Perceptions of Physical and Family Care giver; Communication and the End of Life in Dementia (EOLD); Satisfaction With Care and; EOLD-Symptom Management; EOLD-Comfort Assessment in Dying; Mini-Suffering State Examination (MSSE). |
11 |
2016 |
Turkey |
Reliability and validity of the Turkish version of the EORTC QLQ-C15-PAL for patients with advanced cancer
19
|
IV |
European Organization for Research (EORTC QLQ); Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire (C15-PAL). |
12 |
2011 |
United Kingdom |
Assessing quality-of-life in older people in care homes20
|
IV |
Evaluation of the Individual Quality of Life-Direct Weighting (SEIQoL-DW) |
13 |
2010 |
Sweden |
The Assessment of Quality of life at the End of Life (AQEL) questionnaire: a brief but comprehensive instrument for use in patients with cancer in palliative care
21
|
IV |
European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire Core 30 items (EORTC-QLQ-C30) |
14 |
2007 |
USA |
Measuring Patient-Oriented Outcomes in Palliative Care: Functionality and Quality of Life
22
|
V |
Karnofsky Performance Scale (KPS) Palliative Performance Scale (PPS) Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36) European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire Core 30 items (EORTC-QLQ-C30) The Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-General (FACT-G) The Quality of Life index (QLI) The Cancer Rehabilitation Evaluation System (CARES) McGill Quality of Life Questionnaire (MQoL) Evaluation of Individual Quality of Life (SEIQoL) The Functional Living Index-Cancer (FLIC) |
15 |
2008 |
Canada |
Palliative care rehabilitation survey: a pilot study of patients’ priorities for rehabilitation goals23
|
IV |
Canadian Model of Occupational Performance (CMOP) |
16 |
2007 |
USA |
Quality-of-life Assessment in Palliative Care24
|
VI |
Karnofsky Score Edmonton Symptom Assessment; Memorial Symptoms Assessment Scale; European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Questionnaire (EORTC-QLQ-C30) Quality and Quantity of Life Short Questionnaire; Cambridge Palliative Assessment Schedule.
|
17 |
2005 |
Australia |
Measuring symptom distress among frail elders capable of providing self reports25
|
III |
Symptom Assessment Scale |
18 |
2016 |
Belgium |
Frequency and intensity of symptoms and treatment interventions in hospitalized older palliative cancer patients: a multicenter cross-sectional study26
|
IV |
Assessment Symptoms Palliative Elderly (ASPE); Symptom Intervention Palliative Elderly (SIPE); |
19 |
2014 |
Holland |
Symptoms and treatment when death is expected in dementia patients in long-term care facilities27
|
III |
Pain Assessment In Advanced Dementia (PAINAD) Discomfort Scale-Dementia Alzheimer type (DS-DAT); End-of-Life in Dementia scales- Comfort Assessment in Dying (EOLD-CAD); Mini Suffering State Examination (MSSE) |
20 |
2014 |
Belgium |
A Comparative Analysis of Comprehensive Geriatric Assessments for Nursing Home Residents Receiving Palliative Care: A
Systematic Review
28
|
IV |
InterRAI Palliative Care (interRAI PC); McMaster Quality of Life Scale; Missoula-VITAS Quality of Life Index-Revised (MVQOLI-R); Modified Quality of Life Concerns in the End of Life Questionnaire (mQOLC-E); McMaster Quality of Life Scale (MQLS); InterRAI PC and Former Minimum Data Set; Palliative Care Outcome Scale (POS); |
21 |
2013 |
USA |
A Symptom assessment in elderly cancer patients receiving palliative care29
|
VI |
Memorial Symptom Assessment Tool; Edmonton Symptom Assessment; MD Anderson Symptom Inventory; European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer’s Quality of Life Core Questionnaire (EORTC QLQ-C30); Condensed Memorial Symptom Assessment Scale Rounding Tool;
|