Open AccessDo screening tools assess palliative care needs and 12-month mortality in patients admitted to hepatology in-patient wards?
Author(s) -
Joseph Low,
Catherine Carroll,
Jo Wilson,
Rachel Craig,
Shree Vadera,
Sara Cococcia,
Douglas Thorburn,
Patrick Stone,
Aileen Marshall,
Victoria Vickerstaff
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
frontline gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.919
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 2041-4145
pISSN - 2041-4137
DOI - 10.1136/flgastro-2020-101709
Subject(s) - medicine , referral , palliative care , hepatology , intensive care medicine , receiver operating characteristic , judgement , emergency medicine , clinical judgement , family medicine , nursing , political science , law
Many liver patients have unmet palliative care needs, but liver clinicians are unclear whom to refer to specialist palliative care (SPC). The Supportive and Palliative Care Indicator Tool (SPICT) and the Bristol Prognostic Screening Tool (BPST) could help identify suitable patients, but neither has been tested for this role. This study evaluated their role as screening tools for palliative care needs and for predicting 12-month mortality.