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Table 2 Overview measurement instruments and times points at which the questionnaires are administered during the study

From: Prospective cohort study of patients with advanced cancer and their relatives on the experienced quality of care and life (eQuiPe study): a study protocol

Measurement Measurement instrument Baseline Follow-up (every 3 months) After patients’ death
Patients
Quality of care QLQ-IN-PATSAT32 [18], items CQ-index [19], items based on Dutch Quality framework Palliative Care [17] X X  
  Health care consumption Self-administered items X X  
  Shared decision making CPS [20], DEPS [21], Self-administered items X X  
  Health care needs PNPC-sv patient form [22] X X  
Quality of life EORTC QLQ-C30 [23] X X  
  Spiritual wellbeing FACIT-sp [24] X X  
  Social support FACT-G scale [25] X X  
  Use of social network Self-administered item X  
  Sexual health single items EORTC X X  
  Body image BIS [26] X X  
  Relationship satisfactiona Relationship ladder of the DAS [27] X X  
  Illness perception BIP [28] X X  
  Individual coping Brief COPE Inventory [29] X X  
  Resilience Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale [30] X X  
  Dyadic copinga DCI [31] X  
  Self-management HeiQ [32] X  
  Depression HADS depression scale [33] X  
Relatives
Quality of care INPATSAT32 [18], CQ-index [19], items based on Dutch Quality framework Palliative Care [17] X X
  Health care consumption Self-administered items X X  
  Health care needs PNPC-sv caregiver form [22] X X
  Evaluation of services VOICES-SF [34], items based on Dutch Quality framework Palliative Care [17] X
Quality of life EORTC QLQ-C30 items [23] X X X
  Sexual health single items EORTC X X
  Social support FACT-G scale [25] X X X
  Personal self-care Personal Self-Care subscale of the SCPS [35] X X X
  Caregiver burden ZARIT-12 [36], SRB [37] X X
  Relationship satisfactiona Relationship ladder from the DAS [27] X X
  Individual coping brief COPE Inventory [29] X X
  Resilience Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale [30] X X
  Pre-death grief Pre-death grief [38] X X
  Dyadic copinga DCI [31] X
  Circumstances of death Self-administered items X
  Openness of communication about illness and death CCID [39] X
  Impact of death IES [40] X
  1. Abbreviations: BIP Brief illness perception, BIS Body image scale, BMI Body mass index, CCID Caregiver’s communication with the patient about illness and death, CPS Control preferences scale, CQ-index Consumer quality index, DAS Dyadic adjustment scale, DCI Dyadic coping inventory, DEPS Decision-making participation self-efficacy scale, EORTC QLQ-C30 European organization for research and treatment of cancer quality of life questionnaire core 30 items, FACIT-sp Functional assessment of chronic illness therapy spiritual well-being, FACT-G Functional assessment of cancer therapy general, HADS Hospital anxiety and depression scale, HeiQ Health education impact questionnaire, IES Impact of event scale, INPATSAT32 In-patient satisfaction with care measure 32 items, PNPC-sv Problems and needs in palliative care short form, SCPS Self care practices scale, SRB Self-rated burden scale, VOICES-SF Views of informal carers’ evaluation of services short form, ZARIT-12 Zarit Burden
  2. a only provided to those patients and relatives with a partner