This principle underscores the importance of having QoL measures that are acceptable for the palliative care population.
Hence, we have sought to define a palliative patient population suitable for and in need of SPC at home, which of course can be adapted to other diagnoses as well.
Future research in home telehealth for the pediatric palliative care population should focus on the factors that influence acceptance of telehealth applications, including goals of care, access to alternative modes of care, perceived need for care, and comfort with using technology.
Therefore, need as a component of the individual determinants may not always be appropriate for a palliative population.
The aim of this study was to explore the validity and feasibility of a version of the RASS modified for palliative care populations (RASS-PAL).
The goal of this study was to investigate the validity and feasibility of the RASS-PAL, a version of the RASS slightly modified for palliative care populations, in patients experiencing agitated delirium or receiving PS.
Additionally, we hope to foster dialogue within the palliative care research community regarding the relevance of establishing feasibility before initiation of definitive trials in the palliative care population.
The search strategy combined key words expanding the terms 'palliative' for population, 'musculoskeletal' for exposure, and 'pain' for outcome.
Our results show that the palliative inpatient population is complex.
Estimated prevalence rates for depression in palliative care populations vary widely, from 1 to 77% with a median of 10-20% [ 4- 6].
Firstly we note that the APCA African POS is the only measure that has been fully validated for use with palliative care populations in sub-Saharan Africa, although the FACT-Pal has undergone rigorous translation.
