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A way to screen for suffering in palliative care
M. D. ComasPilar BarretoJoaquín T. LimoneroRamón Bayéssubject
GerontologyMalemedicine.medical_specialtyPalliative careMEDLINETerminally ill03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicineQuality of life (healthcare)030502 gerontologyNeoplasmsMedicineHumansAids patientsAcquired Immunodeficiency SyndromeTerminal Carebusiness.industryPalliative CareFuture assessmentGeneral MedicineYesterdayMulticenter studySpain030220 oncology & carcinogenesisFamily medicineTime PerceptionQuality of LifeFemale0305 other medical sciencebusinessdescription
We report a new tool for screening the suffering of terminally ill patients in a palliative care service. We systematically asked 371 terminal oncological and AIDS patients on 665 different occasions, “How long did yesterday seem to you?”; we then asked them to assess their current condition. The simple answer about subjective length of time correlated well with subjective suffering in approximately half the patients. Thus it may be a good starting point for future assessment and more extensive explorations.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997-06-01 |