• Dr Aroop Roy Burman, MD, DNB, MPhil, PhD

Introduction: Palliative care is one of the essential modalities of modern medical science and now recommended at all levels of Health Care Delivery System. It runs along with main treatment schedule and improves quality of life of the patient. This holistic approach considers all domains of life like physical, social, psychological, spiritual etc. It also addresses the issues of caregivers. Comprehensive assessment of the patient regarding whole realm of life is essentially the first step for preparing a tailored management plan. Periodical reassessment is required for maintaining effectiveness and uniqueness of the care plan. This necessitates availability of a uniform, versatile, easy to use and with consistent results “Palliative Care Assessment Tool” so that any Health Care giver can use the tool and get good result. Method In the present study, a newly prepared tool is tested among Doctors, Community Health Officers and Accredited Social Activities who are imparting palliative care in Tripura, North East India and came for palliative care training. The tool was provided as a printed material to the sample population and their opinion regarding the effectiveness of the tool was recorded. Result: The result was eye opening. The tool liked by all the participants of the study. Discussion: A well prepared tool organizes Health care providers across the system and maintains purposeful highly communicated service within the system. The tool also should be useful for assessment and management of the service and adjust present and advance care plan by careful detection of symptoms. it should also guide resource allotment and quality upgrading of the palliative care service and help in research, information, education, communication and training. Present tool satisfies all these criteria. Hence, it was liked among all health care givers included in the study. Conclusion: The study was done typically with various levels palliative care givers of the Institutions and Community. It is concluded that the tool is very effective for rendering palliative care. Anyway, further studies may be conducted in different geographical areas for understanding the consistency of results of the present study.

Palliative Care tool, Mobility & Symptoms, Palliation care, Assessment of Palliative Care, Health Institution & Community Care for Palliation

"Assessment Of Acceptability Of A New Mobility & Symptom Recording Tool For Patients Needing Palliative Care- A Pilot Study Based On Opinion Of Health Care Givers ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 3, page no.a421-a436, March-2024, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2403055.pdf

"Assessment Of Acceptability Of A New Mobility & Symptom Recording Tool For Patients Needing Palliative Care- A Pilot Study Based On Opinion Of Health Care Givers ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 3, page no. ppa421-a436, March-2024, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2403055.pdf