Partinico Manuela, Corà Alice, Ghisi Marta, Ouimet Allison J, Visentin Marco
Psychology Unit, San Bortolo Hospital, Vicenza, Italy.
Psychology Unit, San Bortolo Hospital, Vicenza, Italy.
J Pain Symptom Manage. 2014 Feb;47(2):298-306. doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2013.03.018. Epub 2013 Jul 12.
Caregiver satisfaction with palliative care is a crucial indicator of its effectiveness. In light of the lack of validated or reliable Italian instruments, the Post Mortem Questionnaire-Short Form (QPM-SF), a self-report questionnaire, has been developed to assess home and inpatient hospice care.
The present study was designed to evaluate the psychometric properties of QPM-SF and assess for differences in quality of palliative care between hospice and home care settings.
A total of 584 caregivers of terminal cancer patients completed QPM-SF one month after the death of the care recipient. To assess test-retest reliability, a subgroup of 50 caregivers completed the questionnaire a second time, one month later.
QPM-SF showed good internal consistency and temporal stability and a four-factor structure: "Integrated home care," "Hospice," "Physical care-Information-Global evaluation," and "Needs."
QPM-SF may be considered a valid, reliable, and well-accepted self-report instrument for examining and implementing palliative care interventions.
照护者对姑息治疗的满意度是其有效性的关键指标。鉴于缺乏经过验证或可靠的意大利语工具，已开发出一种自我报告问卷——《死后简短问卷》（QPM-SF），用于评估家庭和住院临终关怀护理。
本研究旨在评估QPM-SF的心理测量特性，并评估临终关怀机构和家庭护理环境中姑息治疗质量的差异。
共有584名晚期癌症患者的照护者在受照护者去世一个月后完成了QPM-SF。为评估重测信度，50名照护者组成的一个亚组在一个月后再次填写了问卷。
QPM-SF显示出良好的内部一致性和时间稳定性，以及一个四因素结构：“综合家庭护理”、“临终关怀机构”、“身体护理-信息-总体评估”和“需求”。
QPM-SF可被视为一种有效、可靠且被广泛接受的自我报告工具，用于检查和实施姑息治疗干预措施。
