Title
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Field testing the validity and feasibility of the NCG-SHS screening Tool for Serious Health-related Suffering, at tertiary cancer-care institutions across India Study design / Type : This is a feasibility and validity study of a screening tool (questionnaire) |
Principal Investigator
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Dr. Nandini Vallath |
Participating Centres
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Number of participants
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256 |
Status
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Ongoing |
Synopsis
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The term “Serious Health-related Suffering” (SHS) was coined by the Lancet Commission on Global Access to Palliative Care and Pain Relief in its 2017 report. The NCG-SHS Screening Tool (English) was designed in a phased approach over 1.5 years, in order to screen patients quickly and reliably for presence of SHS, so that they may access appropriate care-inputs. This field test is proposed to determine the feasibility and validity of the NCG-SHS Screening Tool (English) by comparison with a relevant standard ( evaluation for presence of serious health-related suffering by a cognitive interviewer). As the Lancet Commission identified “Cancer” as one of the significant contributors to SHS, the field test is proposed among patients consulting at leading tertiary cancer-care institutions across India. |