Interview Guides

Quality of Dying and Death (QODD)
The QODD is an instrument for assessing the quality of dying and death. 

This instrument is designed to be interviewer-administered to a significant other of a patient who died in an out-patient or hospice setting.  Instructions are included below.   A Spanish translation of this instrument is also available from the researchers.

QODD Version 1.0: Significant Other After-Death Interview, in Adobe format (PDF, 1.9 MB)

Instructions for Interviewers (PDF, 109 KB)

SPSS syntax for scoring and analysis, in Text format (14 KB)

 

Hope & Information Inteview Guides
The following interview guides were developed and used in the “Balancing Hope and Truth-telling for Patients with Cancer or COPD” research study.

Interview Guide: Patient Respondents, in Adobe format  (PDF, 49 KB)

Interview Guide: Family Member Respondents, in Adobe format  (PDF, 51 KB)

Interview Guide: Physician Respondents, in Adobe format (PDF, 51 KB)

Interview Guide: Nurse Respondents, in Adobe format  (PDF, 49 KB)