Palliative Outcome Evaluation Muenster I

After the enrolment and consent of participation the patient receive a questionnaire consisting of three independent assessments: To assess the symptom burden and specific palliative care needs the Integrated Palliative Outcome Scale (IPOS) is used. To measure the generic health-related quality of life the patient has to answer the EuroQoL Group 5-Dimension 5-Level Self Report Questionnaire (EQ-5D-5L). To get an opinion of the general condition the patient is to complete the NCCN Distress Thermometer which includes a visual analogue scale (with values from 0 to 10). Meanwhile, a professional palliative caregiver completes a questionnaire about the main demographic aspects of the patients and assess the palliative care needs and the symptom burden using the IPOS. After one week both, patient and professional palliative caregiver, will receive the same questionnaires again to assess the change from baseline.