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Initial Assessment and Care Planning in Palliative Hospice Care: Focus on Assessment Tools

호스피스 완화의료에서의 초기평가와 돌봄 계획의 수립: 평가도구를 중심으로

  • Park, Eun Ju (Department of Family Medicine, Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital) ;
  • Koh, Su Jin (Department of Medical Oncology and Hematology, Ulsan University Hospital) ;
  • Cheon, Jae Kyung (Department of Medical Oncology and Hematology, Ulsan University Hospital)
  • 박은주 (양산부산대학교병원 가정의학과) ;
  • 고수진 (울산대학교병원 혈액종양내과) ;
  • 천재경 (울산대학교병원 혈액종양내과)
  • Received : 2019.04.10
  • Accepted : 2019.05.15
  • Published : 2019.06.01
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Abstract

For hospice palliative care that provides comprehensive and general care, it is necessary to use assessment tools to objectively list issues and detail care plans. The initial assessment is a process of establishing an overall direction of care by identifying the patient's symptoms, social and spiritual issues and palliative care needs on the admission day or within one day of admission. This process is also used to identify the patients' and families' awareness of the illness, prognosis, treatment options and if the Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) has been drafted. Consisting of 13 simple questions regarding the physical, mental, social, and spiritual domains, the Needs at the End-of-Life Screening Tool (NEST) is recommended as an initial assessment tool. Using specific assessment tools, a care plan is established for the issues identified in the initial assessment within three days of admission. A multidisciplinary assessment tool can be helpful in the physical domain. The psychosocial domain evaluates psychological distress, anxiety and depression. The social domain examines an ability to make decisions, understanding of the socioeconomic circumstance, family relationship, and death preparedness. A spiritual evaluation is also important, for which the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Spiritual WellBeing Scale (FACIT-Sp) or the Spiritual Health Inventory (SHI) can be used. The use of an assessment tool could not only contribute to pain mitigation a better quality of life for patients, but also provide systematic training for a multidisciplinary team; And the process itself could be a stepping stone for the better care provision.

포괄적이고 총체적 돌봄을 제공하는 호스피스 완화의료의 경우 평가도구를 사용하여 문제목록의 객관화하고 돌봄 계획의 구체화하는 것이 필요하다. 초기평가는 입원 당일 혹은 1일 이내에 환자의 증상과 사회적, 영적 문제, 완화의료에 대한 요구가 무엇인지 파악하며 개괄적인 돌봄의 방향을 설정하는 과정이다. 현재 병에 대한 인식과 예후를 파악하는 것부터 연명의료계획서 작성까지 함께 검토한다. 초기평가도구로는 간단하지만 포괄적으로 신체적, 정신적, 사회적, 영적 영역을 아우르는 13개의 간단한 질문으로 구성된 NEST를 추천한다. 초기평가에서 파악된 문제에 대하여 구체적인 평가도구들을 활용하여 돌봄 계획을 수립하며 입원 후 3일이내 시행하는 것이 좋다. 신체적 영역의 경우 기능상태를 포함하여 통증과 비 통증 증상, 삶의 질을 함께 파악할 수 있는 다증상 평가도구가 도움이 될 수 있다. 환자의 증상은 단독으로 의미를 가지는 것이 아니라 복합적인 상호작용으로 발생하며, 그에 따라 포괄적으로 접근해야 하기 때문이다. 정신심리적 영역은 심리적 고통과 불안, 우울을 평가한다. 사회적 영역의 평가는 의사결정, 사회경제적 환경 파악, 가족 평가 및 임종 준비의 단계로 이루어진다. 영적 평가 역시 중요한데 FACIT-Sp나 SHI를 사용할 수 있다. 평가도구를 활용하는 것은 환자의 고통을 경감시키고 삶의 질을 향상시킬 뿐 아니라 의료진이 체계적으로 훈련되는 방안이 될 수 있으며 그 과정 자체가 더 나은 돌봄 제공을 위한 발판이 될 수 있다.

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