Session Information
Clinical Nutrition Week 10
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TOOLS TO MEASURE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR HOME PARENTERAL NUTRITION
Track : Feburary 12, 2010
Program Code: F13
SPEAKER (S):
Marion Winkler, PhD, RD, LDN, CNSC, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI
Lawrence Robinson, BS, MS, PharmD
Darlene Kelly, MD, PhD
Description
"Improve your ability to identify factors and key issues that influence
home parenteral nutrition-dependent adult patients’ quality of life
(QOL) using currently available QOL measurement tools. The speakers
will discuss the development, validation and practical use of the
HPN-QOL, a newly validated questionnaire and the development
of a patient reported outcomes questionnaire for evaluation of how
individuals adapt and cope with home parenteral nutrition."