Routine patient assessment and the use of patient-reported outcomes in specialized palliative care in Japan

Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes

Table 2 PROMs routinely used in palliative care clinical practice

	Designated cancer hospital (n = 83)				PCUs (n = 24)		Home hospices (n = 1)
	PCTs (n = 35)		Outpatient palliative care (n = 66)		PCUs (n = 24)		Home hospices (n = 1)
	n	%	n	%	n	%	N	%
CCNSq	20	57	54	82	10	42	0	0
Thermometer	13	37	31	47	12	50	0	0
ESAS	7	20	7	11	4	17	0	0
IPOS	3	9	3	5	0	0	0	0
QOL scale	2	6	0	0	2	8	1	100
MDASI	0	0	2	3	1	4	0	0
PRO-CTCAE	1	3	1	2	–	–	–	–

CCNSq Comprehensive Care Needs Survey questionnaire; ESAS Edmonton Symptom Assessment System; IPOS Integrated Palliative care Outcome Scale; MDASI MD Anderson Symptom Inventory; PCT palliative care team; PCU palliative care unit; PROMs patient-reported outcome measures; PRO-CTCAE patient-reported outcomes version of the common terminology criteria for adverse events; QOL quality of life