The Palliative Outcome Scale (POS) applied to clinical practice and research: an integrative review
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The Palliative Outcome Scale (POS) applied to clinical practice and research: an integrative review
Abstract
Objective: to identify and evaluate the evidence found in the international scientific literature on the application of the Palliative Outcome Scale (POS) in clinical practice and research in Palliative Care (PC).
Method: integrative literature review, through the search of publications in journals indexed in PubMed / MEDLINE, LILACS, SciELO and CINAHL databases, between the years 1999 and 2014.
Results: the final sample consisted of 11 articles. In the data analysis, the articles were classified into 2 units of analysis (studies using the POS as a resource in research and studies using the POS in clinical practice), in which the information was presented in the form of sub-themes related to publications of the selected studies, highlighting the synthesis of the results.
Conclusion: POS emerged as an important tool for measuring outcomes to assess the quality of life of patients and families, of the quality of care provided and the PC service organization. The international scientific literature on the application of POS proved to be relevant to the advancement and consolidation of the field of knowledge related to PC.
Objetivo: identificar e avaliar as evidências encontradas na literatura científica internacional, referentes à aplicação da Palliative Outcome Scale (POS) na prática clínica e nas pesquisas em Cuidados Paliativos (CPs).
Método: revisão integrativa da literatura, por meio da busca de publicações nos periódicos indexados nas bases de dados PubMed/MEDLINE, LILACS, SciELO e CINAHL, entre os anos de 1999 e 2014.
Resultados: a amostra final do estudo constituiu-se de 11 artigos. Na análise dos dados, os artigos foram classificados em 2 unidades de análise (estudos que utilizam a POS como recurso na pesquisa e estudos que utilizam a POS na prática clínica), nas quais as informações foram apresentadas na forma de subtemas referentes às publicações dos estudos selecionados, com destaque para a síntese dos resultados.
Conclusão: a POS se destacou como um importante instrumento de medidas de resultados para a avaliação da qualidade de vida dos pacientes e familiares, da qualidade do atendimento prestado e da organização de serviços de CPs. A produção científica internacional referente à aplicação da POS mostrou-se relevante para o avanço e consolidação do campo de conhecimento em CPs.
Objetivo: identificar y evaluar la evidencia encontrada en la literatura científica internacional sobre la aplicación de la escala de resultados en cuidados paliativos (POS) en la práctica clínica y en la investigación en cuidados paliativos (CP).
Método: revisión integradora de la literatura, a través de la búsqueda de publicaciones en revistas indexadas en PubMed / MEDLINE, LILACS, SciELO y CINAHL, entre los años 1999 y 2014.
Resultados: la muestra final fue de 11 artículos. En el análisis de los datos, los artículos se clasificaron en 2 unidades de análisis (estudios que utilizan la POS como recurso en la investigación y los estudios que la utilizan en la práctica clínica), en el que la información se presenta en forma de sub-temas relacionados con las publicaciones de los estudios seleccionado, especialmente para la síntesis de los resultados.
Conclusión: la POS se destacó como una herramienta importante para la medida de resultados en la evaluación de la calidad de vida de los pacientes y sus familias, la calidad de la atención prestada y la organización de los servicios de CP. La literatura científica internacional sobre la aplicación de POS resultó relevante para el avance y la consolidación de los conocimientos en el campo de los CPs.
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