Measuring the quality of dying and death in advanced cancer: Item characteristics and factor structure of the Quality of Dying and Death Questionnaire

Kenneth Mah; Sarah Hales; Isuri Weerakkody; Lucy Liu; Samantha Fernandes; Anne Rydall; Sigrun Vehling; Camilla Zimmermann; Gary Rodin

doi:10.1177/0269216318819607

Measuring the quality of dying and death in advanced cancer: Item characteristics and factor structure of the Quality of Dying and Death Questionnaire

Palliat Med. 2019 Mar;33(3):369-380. doi: 10.1177/0269216318819607. Epub 2018 Dec 18.

Authors

Kenneth Mah¹, Sarah Hales^{1

2}, Isuri Weerakkody¹, Lucy Liu¹, Samantha Fernandes¹, Anne Rydall¹, Sigrun Vehling^{3

4}, Camilla Zimmermann^{1

2

5

6

7}, Gary Rodin^{1

2

6

7}

Affiliations

¹ 1 Department of Supportive Care, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada.
² 2 Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
³ 3 Department of Medical Psychology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
⁴ 4 Palliative Care Unit, Department of Oncology, Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation with section of Pneumology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
⁵ 5 Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
⁶ 6 Princess Margaret Cancer Research Institute, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada.
⁷ 7 Global Institute of Psychosocial, Palliative and End-of-Life Care, University of Toronto and Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada.

PMID: 30561236
DOI: 10.1177/0269216318819607

No abstract available

Keywords: Quality of dying and death; advanced cancer; end-of-life care; factor analysis; palliative care; questionnaires.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Attitude to Death
Caregivers / psychology*
Female
Health Personnel / psychology*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Neoplasms / mortality*
Palliative Care / psychology*
Quality of Health Care / standards*
Right to Die*
Socioeconomic Factors
Surveys and Questionnaires
Terminal Care / psychology*