Validation of a modified VOICES survey to measure end-of-life care quality: the CaregiverVoice survey

BackgroundMeasuring the care experience at end-of-life (EOL) to inform quality improvement is a priority in many countries. We validated the CaregiverVoice survey, a modified version of the VOICES questionnaire, completed by bereaved caregivers to capture perceptions of care received in the last three months of a patient’s life.MethodsWe conducted a retrospective survey of bereaved caregivers representing palliative care patients who died in a …