Table 3 Characteristics of the tools and intervention
From: A systematic review of palliative care tools and interventions for people with severe mental illness
Study reference | |
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Burton, 2016 [56] | The CARING criteria: a set of prognostic criteria to identify persons near the end of life upon hospital admission. It has five Indicators: |
 • Cancer as the primary diagnosis, | |
 • Admissions: twice or more in the past year for a chronic illness, | |
 • Residence in a nursing home, | |
 • Intensive Care Unit (ICU) admission with multi-organ failure, | |
 • Non-cancer Hospice Guidelines | |
The CARING criteria must be applied to patients who are hospitalized on the first day after admission. | |
Foti, 2005 [57] | Current Evaluation of Risk and Functioning-Revised (CERF-R): An 18-item scale assessing client functioning and risk (functional disability), Short Form-12 (SF-12): assesses Health care status. It contains 12 questions concerning: |
 • Physical functioning, | |
 • Role limitations because of physical health problems | |
 • Bodily pain | |
 • General health perception | |
 • Vitality (energy/ fatigue) | |
 • Social functioning | |
 • Role limitations because of emotional problems | |
 • General mental health (psychological distress and psychological well-being) | |
Health Care Preferences Questionnaire (HCPQ). This questionnaire documents attitudes and preferences for scenario-based choices and was used for advance healthcare planning. HCPQ components include: | |
 • Health status, assessed with the SF-12 | |
 • Advance care planning | |
 • Scenario-based treatment preferences | |
 • Beliefs, values and concerns about the end of life. Interview feedback and follow-up | |
 • Interviewer’s addendum. | |
Designation of a healthcare proxy (a relative or professional) to make healthcare decisions for a person who is not able to do so. | |
Foti, 2005 [58] | Health Care Preferences Questionnaire (HCPQ): see full description above. The HCPQ also contains a psychiatric health state scenario. Two hypothetical health state scenarios supplemented with questions derived from the Quest to Die with Dignity instrument |
Smits, 2015 [59] | The Dutch Palliative Care Standard describes six building blocks, namely: |
 • Vision and policy | |
 • ‘Surprise Question’ to identify approaching death | |
 • Use of an ‘Individual Care Plan’ and ‘Shared Decision Making’ within the framework of ‘Advance Care Planning’ | |
 • Expertise for delivering high-quality palliative care | |
 • The organization of palliative care | |
 • Quality indicators | |