• Manuela Partinico, Alice Corà, Marta Ghisi, Allison J Ouimet, Marco Visentin, and QPM Group.
• Psychology Unit, San Bortolo Hospital, Vicenza, Italy. Electronic address: psic.terapiadolore@ulssvicenza.it.
• J Pain Symptom Manage. 2014 Feb 1;47(2):298-306.

ContextCaregiver satisfaction with palliative care is a crucial indicator of its effectiveness. In light of the lack of validated or reliable Italian instruments, the Post Mortem Questionnaire-Short Form (QPM-SF), a self-report questionnaire, has been developed to assess home and inpatient hospice care.ObjectivesThe present study was designed to evaluate the psychometric properties of QPM-SF and assess for differences in quality of palliative care between hospice and home care settings.MethodsA total of 584 caregivers of terminal cancer patients completed QPM-SF one month after the death of the care recipient. To assess test-retest reliability, a subgroup of 50 caregivers completed the questionnaire a second time, one month later.ResultsQPM-SF showed good internal consistency and temporal stability and a four-factor structure: "Integrated home care," "Hospice," "Physical care-Information-Global evaluation," and "Needs."ConclusionQPM-SF may be considered a valid, reliable, and well-accepted self-report instrument for examining and implementing palliative care interventions.Copyright © 2014 U.S. Cancer Pain Relief Committee. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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