SAGE Journals Online
Advertisement
Sign In to gain access to subscriptions and/or personal tools.

 

Advanced Search

Journal Navigation

Journal Home

Subscriptions

Archive

Contact Us

Table of Contents

Advertisement

Sign In to gain access to subscriptions and/or personal tools.
American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine®
This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow References
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Right arrow Citation Map
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to Saved Citations
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Right arrow Request Reprints
Right arrow Add to My Marked Citations
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Right arrow Citing Articles via Scopus
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Eischens, M. J.
Right arrow Articles by Elliott, T. E.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Eischens, M. J.
Right arrow Articles by Elliott, T. E.
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us   Add to Digg   Add to Reddit   Add to Technorati  
What's this?

Two hospice quality of life surveys: A comparison

Mary J. Eischens, BS

University of Minnesota-Duluth, School of Medicine, Duluth, Minnesota

Barbara A. Elliott, PhD

University of Minnesota-Duluth, School of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine, Duluth, Minnesota

Thomas E. Elliott, MD

St. Mary’s Hospice, St. Mary’s/Duluth Clinic Health System, Duluth, Minnesota

This study’s objective tested the utility of two quality of life (QOL) forms in a hospice setting. The compared forms were the McGill Quality of Life Questionnaire (MQOL) and the Hospice Quality of Life Index-Revised (HQLI). Using a crossover design, hospice nurses first administered one survey to eligible patients and then, in the study’s second phase, administered the other survey to newly enrolled eligible patients. Nurses were interviewed regarding each form and possible changes in patient care that were made due to the assessment. Hospice care plans were reviewed looking for specific changes as a result of the surveys. The results showed that the QOL assessments were useful for the nurses in planning the care of the hospice patients and that the MQOL was preferred by the nurses over the HQLI.

American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine®, Vol. 15, No. 3, 143-148 (1998)
DOI: 10.1177/104990919801500308
Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us   Add to Digg Digg   Add to Reddit Reddit   Add to Technorati Technorati    What's this?




Advertisement