Is the life space assessment applicable to a palliative care population? Its relationship to measures of performance and quality of life

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1121-1127

  Phillips, Jane Louise ^a   Lam, Lawrence ^b,c   Luckett, Tim ^d   Agar, Meera ^e   Currow, David ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (Australia)

^b THE EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^f FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

activities of daily living; Hospice; mobility; outcome measures; palliative care; performance status; quality of life; validation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERGENT VALIDITY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMAN; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; LIFE SPACE ASSESSMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; AGED; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGED; CLINICAL TRIALS, PHASE III AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84902529380     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: 18736513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2013.06.017     Document Type: Article

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