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Needs at the End-of-Life Screening Tool (NEST)

 

Author(s)

Emanuel Linda

 

Purpose

  • Pathology:

Neoplasms

  • Disease:

Generic for neoplasms

  • Objective:

To measure subjective experiences of end-of-life patients

  • Population for intended use:

Terminal patients

 
 

Characteristics

  • Type of instrument:

Health-Related Quality of end of Life

  • Administration mode:

Interviewer-administered

  • Number of items:

13

  • Recall/Observation period:

Currently

 
 

Language(s)

  • Original language:

English for the USA

  • List of existing translations:

The translations listed below may not have undergone a full linguistic validation process and may require further work to be suitable for use in a study.
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NEST

No translations
 

Bibliographic reference(s) of the original questionnaire

Emanuel LL, Alpert HR, Emanuel EE. Concise screening questions for clinical assessments of terminal care: the needs near the end-of-life care screening tool. J Palliat Med 2001; 4:465-74


Emanuel LL, Alpert HR, Baldwin DC, Emanuel EJ: What terminally ill patients care about: toward a validated construct of patients' perspectives. Journal of Palliative Medicine 2000, 3:419-431


Emanuel EJ, Emanuel LL: The promise of a good death. Lancet 1998, 351 Suppl 2:S21-S29

Last update: November 2007

Last update in collaboration with the author: March 2007