Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
Volume 39, Issue 1 , Pages 9-22 , January 2010

The Quality of Dying and Death Questionnaire (QODD): Empirical Domains and Theoretical Perspectives

  • Lois Downey, MA

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Lois Downey, MA, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Harborview Medical Center, 325 Ninth Avenue, Box 359765, Seattle, WA 98104, USA.
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  • J. Randall Curtis, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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  • William E. Lafferty, MD

      Affiliations

    • Office of Health Services and Public Health Outcomes Research, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
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  • Jerald R. Herting, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychosocial and Community Health, School of Nursing, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
    • Department of Sociology, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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  • Ruth A. Engelberg, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA

,Accepted 14 May 2009.

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    Confirmatory factor analysis—domains underlying the quality of dying and death. a) Missoula sample (n=205): χ2=47.203, df=35, P=0.0816, CFI=0.985, TLI=0.989, RMSEA=0.041. b) Merged Seattle samples (n=

    Confirmatory factor analysis—domains underlying the quality of dying and death. a) Missoula sample (n=205): χ2=47.203, df=35, P=0.0816, CFI=0.985, TLI=0.989, RMSEA=0.041. b) Merged Seattle samples (n=182): χ2=47.293, df=35, P=0.0802, CFI=0.984, TLI=0.988, RMSEA=0.044.

 The following organizations provided financial support for the studies included in this article: 1) The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation—Missoula study, 2) Agency for Healthcare Quality and Research grant #R03 HS09540—hospice study, 3) National Cancer Institute grant #5 R01 CA106204—clinical trial, and 4) Lotte & John Hecht Memorial Foundation—clinical trial.

PII: S0885-3924(09)00737-4

doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2009.05.012

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
Volume 39, Issue 1 , Pages 9-22 , January 2010

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