Palliative care 2017

EORTC BM22 questionnaire -> focus of doctors

Rank

QOL Issue

Freq

%

1

Able to perform self-care

66

61

2

Short-term (acute) pain relief

64

59

3

Long-term (or chronic) pain

61

57

Uncontrolled, unmanageable pain not relieved by pain killers

62

57

4

5

Pain at night preventing sleep

56

52

6

Limited movement due to pain

49

45

7

Pain at rest

46

43

8

Hope for sustained pain relief

45

41

8

Able to perform role functioning

44

41

10

Difficulty carrying out usual daily tasks

43

40