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Aslakson R, Dy SM, Wilson RF, et al. Assessment Tools for Palliative Care [Internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); 2017 May. (Technical Brief, No. 30.)
Table B-1. List of acronyms
| Acronym | Definition |
|---|---|
| AHRQ | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality |
| AIDS | Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome |
| ALSFRS-R | Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis functional rating scale |
| ATS-DLD-78 | American Thoracic Society Division of Lung Diseases 1978 Dyspnea Scale |
| BCOS | Bakas Caregiving Outcomes Scale |
| BCSS | Breathlessness, Cough and Sputum Scale |
| BDI | Beck Depression Inventory |
| BEQ-24 | Bereavement Experience Questionnaire–24 |
| BGQ | Brief Grief Questionnaire |
| BHI | Brief Hospice Inventory |
| BHS | Beck Hopelessness Scale |
| BIC | Burden Index of Caregivers |
| CAMPAS-R | Cambridge Palliative Audit Schedule |
| CARES-MIS | Cancer Rehabilitation Evaluation System Medical Interaction Subscale |
| CBI | Core Bereavement Items |
| CBS-EOLC | Caregiver's Burden Scale in end-of-life care |
| CES-D | Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression scale |
| CHF | Congestive Heart Failure |
| CHQ | Chronic Heart Failure Questionnaire |
| CHQ-D | Chronic Heart Failure Questionnaire – Dyspnea Subscale |
| CI | Confidence Interval |
| CIS | Caregiver Impact Scale |
| CLASP | Cardiovascular Limitations and Symptoms Profile |
| CLD | Chronic Lung Disease Severity Index |
| CMSAS | Condensed Memorial Symptom Assessment Scale |
| COPD | Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease |
| CQOLI | Caregiver Quality of Life Index |
| CQOLI-C | Caregiver Quality of Life Index – Cancer |
| CQOLI-R | Caregiver Quality of Life Index – Revised |
| CRA | Caregiver Reaction Assessment |
| CRQ | Chronic Respiratory Questionnaire |
| CRQ-D | Chronic Respiratory Questionnaire – Dyspnea Subscale |
| CSDD | Cornell Scale for Depression in Dementia |
| CSI | Caregiver Strain Index |
| DAQ | Dyspnea Assessment Questionnaire |
| DDQ | Dyspnea Descriptor Questionnaire |
| DS | Demoralization Scale |
| EFAT and EFAT-2 | Edmonton Functional Assessment Tool |
| EOLD | End of Life Dementia |
| EORTC QLQ-ST022 | European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire – Oesophageal cancer module |
| EORTC-QLQ | European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire |
| EPC | Evidence-based Practice Center |
| EQ-5D | EuroQOL |
| ESAS | Edmonton Symptom Assessment Scale |
| Faces | Faces scale |
| FACIT | Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy |
| FACIT-Pal | Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Palliative sub scale |
| FACIT-L | Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Lung |
| FACQ-PC | Family Appraisal of Caregiving Questionnaire for Palliative Care |
| FAMCARE | Family Satisfaction with Advanced Cancer Care |
| GEM | Grief Evaluation Measure |
| GEQ | Grief Experience Questionnaire |
| GHQ-12 | General Health Questionnaire-12 item |
| Global SOB | Global shortness of breath question |
| HADS | Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale |
| HGRC | Hogan Grief Reaction Checklist |
| HIV | Human Immunodeficiency Virus |
| HQLI | Hospice Quality of Life Index |
| ICG | Inventory of Complicated Grief |
| ICG-R | Inventory of Complicated Grief–Revised |
| ICU | Intensive Care Unit |
| IES | Impact of Event Scale |
| IPC | Sat-Fam |
| ITG | Inventory of Traumatic Grief |
| ITU | Intensive Therapy Unit |
| I-W SR Index Short Form | Ironson-Woods Spirituality/Religiousness Index |
| KI | Key Informant |
| KQ | Key Question |
| LASA | Linear Analogue Scale Assessment |
| LC13 | Lung Cancer supplement, breathlessness scale |
| LCADL | London Chest Activity of Daily Living Scale |
| LCS | Life Closure Scale |
| LEQ | Life Evaluation Questionnaire |
| MBCBS | Montgomery Borgatta Caregiver Burden Scale |
| mBORG | Modified Borg Scale |
| MCOHPQ | Modified City of Hope Patient Questionnaire |
| MDRS-D | Motor Neurone Disease Dyspnea Rating Scale |
| MMCGI | Marwit–Meuser Caregiver Grief Inventory |
| MND | Motor neuron disease |
| MOS | Medical Outcomes Study |
| MOS-HIV | Medical Outcomes Study HIV Health Survey |
| MPAC | Memorial Pain Assessment Card |
| MQLS | McMaster Quality of Life Scale |
| MQOL | McGill Quality of Life Questionnaire |
| MQOL-CSF | McGill Quality of Life Questionnaire-Cardiff Short Form |
| MRC | Medical Research Council Dyspnea Scale |
| MRDI | McCanse Readiness for Death Instrument |
| MSAS | Memorial Symptom Assessment Scale |
| MSAS-GDI | Memorial Symptom Assessment Scale-Global Distress Index |
| MVQOLI-R | Missoula-VITAS Quality of Life Index |
| N | Not present in the primary article |
| NA-ACP | Needs Assessment for Advanced Cancer Patients |
| NCP | National Consensus Project for Quality Palliative Care Clinical Practice |
| ND | No data available (review did not abstract) |
| NRS | Numeric rating scale |
| NS | Not Significant |
| OCD | Oxygen cost diagram |
| PAINAID | Pain in Advanced Dementia |
| PASS | Pain Anxiety Symptoms Scale |
| PAQ | Patient Autonomy Questionnaire |
| PDI | Patient Dignity Inventory |
| PEACE | “Prepare, Embrace, Attend, Communicate, Empower” project |
| PFSDQ-M | Pulmonary Functional Status and Dyspnea Questionnaire-modified |
| PG-12 | Prolonged Grief–12 |
| PG-13 | Prolonged Grief–13 |
| PHQ-9 | Patient Health Questionnaire-9 |
| PNPC | Problems and Needs in Palliative Care questionnaire |
| PNPCsv | Problems and Needs in Palliative Care questionnaire short version |
| POMS | Profile of Mood States |
| POS | Palliative care Outcome Scale |
| PRIME-MD | Primary Care Evaluation of Mental Disorders |
| PSE | Present State Examination |
| QODD | Quality of Dying and Death questionnaire |
| QOLLTI-F | Quality of Life in Life-Threatening Illness-Family Career Version |
| QUAL-E | Quality of Life at the end of life |
| RAND | Rand Instrument: Shortness of Breath Batter from the Medical History Questionnaire |
| RDCQ | Reactions to the Diagnosis of Cancer Questionnaire |
| R-GEI | Revised Grief Experience Inventory |
| ROBIS | Risk of Bias in Systematic Reviews |
| RSCD | Regional Study of Care for the Dying |
| SF-12 | Short Form 12 Health Survey |
| SF-36 | Short Form 36 Health Survey |
| SGRO | St George's Respiratory Questionnaire (activity subscale) |
| SMD | Standardized Mean Difference |
| SNI | Spiritual Needs Inventory |
| SQ | The Symptom Questionnaire |
| SS-SOBS | Symptom Scale (shortness of breath subscale) |
| STAI | State-Trait Anxiety Inventory |
| TIME | Toolkit of Instruments to Measure End-of-Life Care |
| TOI | Trial Outcome Index |
| TOO | Task Order Officer |
| TRIG | Texas Revised Inventory of Grief |
| TTBQ | Two-Track Bereavement Questionnaire |
| TTBQ2-CG30 | Two-Track Bereavement Questionnaire |
| TQPM | Cancer Total Quality Pain Management Patient Assessment Tool |
| UCDQ | University of Cincinnati Dyspnea Questionnaire |
| UCSD SOBQ | University of California San Diego Shortness of Breath Questionnaire |
| VAS | Visual analogue scale |
| WALT | Willingness to Accept Life-Sustaining Treatment Instrument |
| WHO | World Health Organization |
| WONCA | World Organization of National Colleges, Academies and Academic Association of General Practitioners |
| Y | Present in the primary article |
| ZBI | Zarit Burden Inventory |
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