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Adaptation and psychometric evaluation of the Integrated Palliative care Outcome Scale for Neurological conditions (IPOS-Neuro) in Chinese.

New research · Internal Medicine

Palliative medicine · 2mo

StudyPalliative medicine· Aug 2026

Adaptation and psychometric evaluation of the Integrated Palliative care Outcome Scale for Neurological conditions (IPOS-Neuro) in Chinese.

Lily Man Lee Chan, Edmond Pui Hang Choi, Wendy Wing Tak Lam … Jojo Yan Yan Kwok

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Palliative & End-of-LifeStudyQ1IF 6.0

Chinese IPOS-Neuro shows excellent internal consistency in progressive neurological diseases.

Adaptation and psychometric evaluation of the Integrated Palliative care Outcome Scale for Neurological conditions (IPOS-Neuro) in Chinese.

Lily Man Lee Chan … Jojo Yan Yan Kwok

Palliative medicine · Aug 2026 · Q1 in General Medicine

Background

Palliative care has been advocated to improve symptom burden and quality of life among people with progressive neurological diseases.

Purpose

To translate, adapt and psychometrically evaluate the Integrated Palliative care Outcome Scale for Neurological conditions (IPOS-Neuro) among people with progressive neurological diseases in Hong Kong.

Methods

Two hundred and ten adults with progressive neurological diseases recruited from regional neurology outpatient clinics and patient support groups in Hong Kong.

Results

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high consistency, scale reliably measures the same underlying symptom burden

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Conclusion · 1 of 2

The traditional Chinese version of IPOS-Neuro showed promising psychometric properties for assessing palliative care needs in progressive neurological diseases.

Conclusion · 2 of 2

Future validation in larger and diverse neurological disease samples is warranted.

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