Symptomscreening af patienter med KOL kan identificere patienter med behov for palliativ indsats
Sammanfattning
This study developed and tested a collaboration model to improve the quality of palliative care for all patients with life-threatening illness who
require palliation. Journal audit was performed on 79 in-hospital patients. European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer, Quality of Life
Questionnaire (EORTC-QLQ-C15-PAL) symptom screening was found to be applicable to all patients with life-threatening illness. It was found important to
document the patients’ wishes for the end of life care and furthermore the electronic correspondence was found to contain relevant and sufficient
information for the continuity of care.