Table 1 Characteristics of identified studies on measurement of Quality of Care
Author | Year | Research topic | Target group | Settings | Methods of data collection and participants | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Focus groups | Interviews | Surveys | Other methods | |||||
Wilson et al. | 2011 | Discussions with health care staff about providing palliative and end-of-life care. | MS, PD, MND, HD | Neurological care centers, Hospice | Health care staff (n = 77) | Health care staff (n = 3) | ||
Van Rumund et al. | 2014 | Quality of PD care in Dutch nursing homes from the perspectives of residents, informal caregivers, and professionals. | PD | Nursing homes | Health care staff (n = 35) | Residents (n = 15), Informal caregivers (n = 15) | ||
Sandsdalen et al. | 2016 | Patients’ perceptions on the quality of palliative care in and across different care settings. | Among others MS, ALS, PD | Palliative units in nursing homes | Survey of nursing home residents (n = 8)* | |||
Armitage et al. | 2009 | Residents/ relatives’ perspective on the quality of care provision. | PD | Care homes | Relatives (n = 51), Patients (n = 24) | |||
Dellefield et al. | 2011 | Nursing and interdisciplinary lessons learned in providing care. | HD | Skilled nursing facility | Description of care provision (n = 53) | |||