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Quality of Life at the End of Life Measure (QUAL-E)

 

Author(s)

 

Purpose

  • Pathology:

Respiratory tract diseases

Neoplasms

Cardiovascular diseases

Urologic diseases

  • Disease:

Kidney diseases

Heart failure

Generic for neoplasms

Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive

  • Objective:

To assist in the evaluation of the quality and effectiveness of interventions targeting improved care at the end of life

  • Population for intended use:

Terminal patients

 
 

Characteristics

  • Type of instrument:

Health-Related Quality of end of Life

  • Administration mode:

Self-administered

  • Number of items:

21 items + 5 global items

  • Recall/Observation period:

Depending on the item

 
 

Language(s)

  • Original language:

English for the USA

  • List of existing translations:

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QUAL-E

No translations
 

Bibliographic reference(s) of the original questionnaire

Steinhauser KE, Clipp EC, Bosworth HB, McNeilly M, Christakis NA, Voils CI, Tulsky JA. Measuring quality of life at the end of life: Validation of the QUAL-E. Palliative and Supportive Care. 2004;2:3-14


Steinhauser KE, Bosworth HB, Clipp EC, McNeilly M, Christakis NA, Parker J, Tulsky JA. Initial assessment of a new instrument to measure quality of life at the end of life. J Palliat Med. 2002 Dec;5(6):829-41

Last update: March 2007

Last update in collaboration with the author: March 2007