Name:
Edmonton Symptom Assessment Scale, Modified
Description:
Used for assessing and tracking the level of symptoms in patients.
Category:
Clinical Care Tools - Clinical Assessment
How the grantee used this instrument:
RN Care Coordinators administer the instrument on an initial visit and then
at two week intervals or according to need.
Keywords:
symptom management, symptom level, multiple symptoms
To use this tool:
You may print this tool for review from this site.
Please contact the author for permission to use. (See references, below.)
References:
Bruera E, Kuehn N, Miller M, Selmser P, Macmillan K. The Edmonton Symptom Assessment
System (ESAS): a simple method for the assessment of palliative care patients.
Journal of Palliative Care 7:6-9, 1991.
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Posted September 2004
# UCP13, type:clinical_assessment
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