Life before death: identifying preparatory grief through the development of a new measurement in advanced cancer patients (PGAC)

Mystakidou, Kyriaki; Tsilika, Eleni; Parpa, Efi; Katsouda, Emmanuela; Sakkas, Pavlos; Soldatos, Costas

doi:10.1007/s00520-005-0797-4

Life before death: identifying preparatory grief through the development of a new measurement in advanced cancer patients (PGAC)

Goals of work This paper describes the development of a self-rating scale to measure preparatory grief in advanced cancer patients. Patients and methods The Preparatory Grief in Advanced Cancer patients (PGAC) instrument incorporates seven multi-items scales. The final sample consisted of 200 pat…