Measuring the quality of end-of-life care: Development, testing, and cultural validation of the Danish version of Views of Informal Carers’ Evaluation of Services–Short Form

Abstract

With a few adaptations, the British Views of Informal Carers' Evaluation of Services-Short Form was relevant in a Danish setting.

Bicentre, randomized, parallel-arm, sham-controlled trial of transcranial direct-current stimulation (tDCS) in the treatment of palliative care patients with refractory cancer pain

“…This treatment can also be continued at home. This strategy is consistent with current guidelines in this field, in which the priorities are improvement of quality of life [20][21][22], return home [23][24][25] and decreased workload for caregivers [26].…”

Bicentre, randomized, parallel-arm, sham-controlled trial of transcranial direct-current stimulation (tDCS) in the treatment of palliative care patients with refractory cancer pain

“…This treatment can also be continued at home. This strategy is consistent with current guidelines in this field, in which the priorities are improvement of quality of life [20][21][22], return home [23][24][25] and decreased workload for caregivers [26].…”

Quality of care in the last year of life: adaptation and validation of the German “Views of Informal Carers’ Evaluation of Services – Last Year of Life – Cologne”

“…VOICES’ content is based on patients’, bereaved relatives’ and healthcare professionals’ views about what is important at the end of life and has been developed in England [ 14 ]. Further versions are already available and have been published for the use in Sweden, Denmark, New Zealand, Canada, Thailand, Italy, and a Bengali-speaking community in London [ 19 , 30 , 31 , 39 , 44 , 46 , 68 ]. This study used the most recent version of the VOICES-SF from 2014 [ 69 ] as foundation to develop a culturally adapted German version.…”

Compassionate Communication and Advance Care Planning to improve End-of-life Care in Treatment of Haematological Disease ‘ACT’: Study Protocol for a Cluster-randomized trial

“…Bereaved informal caregivers are asked to complete questionnaires assessing mental health, post-traumatic stress (Impact of Events Scale 64 ), grief (Prolonged grief-13 65 ) and their perception of the patient’s quality of death (Views of Carers-Evaluation of Services (Short form). 66 …”

“…Satisfaction with intervention sessions is assessed for the intervention group through a self-developed questionnaire based on the feasibility study. Bereaved informal caregivers are asked to complete questionnaires assessing mental health, post-traumatic stress (Impact of Events Scale64), grief (Prolonged grief-1365) and their perception of the patient’s quality of death (Views of Carers-Evaluation of Services (Short form) 66…”

Bicentre, randomized, parallel-arm, sham-controlled trial of transcranial direct-current stimulation (tDCS) in the treatment of palliative care patients with refractory cancer pain

“…This treatment can also be continued at home. This strategy is consistent with current guidelines in this field, in which the priorities are improvement of quality of life [20][21][22], return home [23][24][25] and decreased workload for caregivers [26].…”

Quality of care in the last year of life: adaptation and validation of the German “Views of Informal Carers’ Evaluation of Services – Last Year of Life – Cologne”

“…VOICES’ content is based on patients’, bereaved relatives’ and healthcare professionals’ views about what is important at the end of life and has been developed in England [ 14 ]. Further versions are already available and have been published for the use in Sweden, Denmark, New Zealand, Canada, Thailand, Italy, and a Bengali-speaking community in London [ 19 , 30 , 31 , 39 , 44 , 46 , 68 ]. This study used the most recent version of the VOICES-SF from 2014 [ 69 ] as foundation to develop a culturally adapted German version.…”

Compassionate Communication and Advance Care Planning to improve End-of-life Care in Treatment of Haematological Disease ‘ACT’: Study Protocol for a Cluster-randomized trial

“…Bereaved informal caregivers are asked to complete questionnaires assessing mental health, post-traumatic stress (Impact of Events Scale 64 ), grief (Prolonged grief-13 65 ) and their perception of the patient’s quality of death (Views of Carers-Evaluation of Services (Short form). 66 …”

“…Satisfaction with intervention sessions is assessed for the intervention group through a self-developed questionnaire based on the feasibility study. Bereaved informal caregivers are asked to complete questionnaires assessing mental health, post-traumatic stress (Impact of Events Scale64), grief (Prolonged grief-1365) and their perception of the patient’s quality of death (Views of Carers-Evaluation of Services (Short form) 66…”

Bicentre, randomized, parallel-arm, sham-controlled trial of transcranial direct-current stimulation (tDCS) in the treatment of palliative care patients with refractory cancer pain

“…This treatment can also be continued at home. This strategy is consistent with current guidelines in this field, in which the priorities are improvement of quality of life [20][21][22], return home [23][24][25] and decreased workload for caregivers [26].…”

Quality of care in the last year of life: adaptation and validation of the German “Views of Informal Carers’ Evaluation of Services – Last Year of Life – Cologne”

“…VOICES’ content is based on patients’, bereaved relatives’ and healthcare professionals’ views about what is important at the end of life and has been developed in England [ 14 ]. Further versions are already available and have been published for the use in Sweden, Denmark, New Zealand, Canada, Thailand, Italy, and a Bengali-speaking community in London [ 19 , 30 , 31 , 39 , 44 , 46 , 68 ]. This study used the most recent version of the VOICES-SF from 2014 [ 69 ] as foundation to develop a culturally adapted German version.…”

Compassionate Communication and Advance Care Planning to improve End-of-life Care in Treatment of Haematological Disease ‘ACT’: Study Protocol for a Cluster-randomized trial

“…Bereaved informal caregivers are asked to complete questionnaires assessing mental health, post-traumatic stress (Impact of Events Scale 64 ), grief (Prolonged grief-13 65 ) and their perception of the patient’s quality of death (Views of Carers-Evaluation of Services (Short form). 66 …”

“…Satisfaction with intervention sessions is assessed for the intervention group through a self-developed questionnaire based on the feasibility study. Bereaved informal caregivers are asked to complete questionnaires assessing mental health, post-traumatic stress (Impact of Events Scale64), grief (Prolonged grief-1365) and their perception of the patient’s quality of death (Views of Carers-Evaluation of Services (Short form) 66…”