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Validity, reliability and clinical feasibility of a Needs Assessment Tool for people with progressive cancer by Amy Waller; Afaf Girgis; Christophe Lecathelinais; Wendy Scott; Lorna Foot; David Sibbritt; David Currow; on behalf of the Palliative Care Research Program team is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
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## Abstract __Background__: Needs assessment is a valuable approach for determining the way health and social services allocate resources to people with cancer and their caregivers. __Aim__: To assess the reliability, validity and acceptability of a Needs Assessment Tool (NAT) in a palliative care clinical setting. __Methods__: Psychometric properties of the NAT were initially explored in a pilot study involving filmed simulated advanced cancer patient and caregiver consultations. Further testing was undertaken in a clinical setting to determine the inter‐rater reliability, validity and feasibility of the NAT. __Results__: The results of the pilot study suggested good reliability and acceptability in a simulated setting. Further testing indicated that the patient daily living item was positively correlated with the Resource Utilisation Groups—Activities of Daily Living (**__r__**=0.74) and negatively correlated with the Australian Karnofsky Performance Scale (**__r__**=−0.84). Prevalence‐ and bias‐adjusted kappa values also indicated adequate agreement between Palliative Care Problem Severity Score items and the patient physical item (0.48), psychological item (0.45) and caregiver
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- Author
- Amy Waller; Afaf Girgis; Christophe Lecathelinais; Wendy Scott; Lorna Foot; David Sibbritt; David Currow; on behalf of the Palliative Care Research Program team
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (John Wiley & Sons); John Wiley & Sons Inc.; Wiley; FASEB (ISSN 1057-9249)
- Published
- 2010
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)