Comparison of the JCAHO Scoring System and the ESAS Scoring System in Determining the Palliative Care Needs of Gynecological Cancer Patients Treated at Hasan Sadikin Hospital

Harsono, Ali Budi; Rumanti, Rizna Tyrani; Efendi, Jusuf Sulaeman; Hidayat, Yudi Mulyana; Anwar, Ruswana; Hidayat, Dini; Winarno, Gatot Nyarumenteng Adhipurnawan

doi:10.31557/APJCP.2022.23.11.3611

Comparison of the JCAHO Scoring System and the ESAS Scoring System in Determining the Palliative Care Needs of Gynecological Cancer Patients Treated at Hasan Sadikin Hospital

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Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Padjadjaran, Bandung, Indonesia.

10.31557/APJCP.2022.23.11.3611

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Objective: The purpose of this study was to analyze the relationship between quality of life with the JCAHO and the ESAS scoring system, and to compare the JCAHO and the ESAS scoring system in determining the palliative care needs of gynecological cancer patients treated at RSHS. Method: The subjects of this study were all gynecological cancer patients who were treated at RSHS in May-August 2020. This study was an analytic study with a cross sectional design. The data of this study were obtained from interviews, questionnaires and patient medical records, the study was analyzed bivariate using chi square with α = 0.05. Results: The results showed that the quality of life of patients with gynecological cancer was associated with the JCAHO palliative score (p <0.05), the better the patient’s quality of life, the better the JCAHO palliative score. The quality of life of gynecological cancer patients was related to ESAS (p <0.05), the better the patient’s quality of life, the better the ESAS. There was difference between the JCAHO palliative score and the ESAS in determining the palliative care needs of gynecological cancer patients (p< 0.05). Conclusion: Quality of life has correlation with palliative scores, the lower the palliative score, the better the quality of life. This study showed significant difference between the JCAHO palliative score and the ESAS in determining the palliative care needs of gynecological cancer patients. The JCAHO palliative score measures objectively how the patient is on admission for treatment, this score not only measures the intensity of symptoms but measures the underlying disease, comorbid disease, functional status of the patient and other criteria for the patient. ESAS assesses the intensity of symptoms, the assessment of palliative care needed can change rapidly if the intensity of symptoms in patients changes.

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