Summary of psychometric properties of the identified screening instruments
| Development study | Content validity | Structural validity | Internal consistency | Cross-cultural validity | Reliability | Measurement error | Criterion validity | |||||||||||||
| Relevance | Comprehensiveness | Comprehensibility | ||||||||||||||||||
| MQ | QR | QR | Quality of evidences | QR | Quality of evidences | QR | Quality of evidences | QR | Quality of evidences | QR | Quality of evidences | QR | Quality of evidences | QR | Quality of evidences | QR | Quality of evidences | OR | Quality of evidences | |
| GSF-PIG | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | ||||||||||
| RADPAC | 3 | – | – | Low | – | Very low | – | Very low | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | ||||||
| NECPAL | 3 | + | + | Low | ± | Low | ± | Low | NR | NR | NR | + | Moderate | NR | NR | |||||
| SPICT | 3 | + | ± | Moderate | ± | Moderate | – | Low | NR | + | Moderate | NR | + | Moderate | NR | NR | ||||
| TW-PCST | 4 | – | – | Very low | – | Very low | – | Very low | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | ||||||
| Rainone | 4 | – | – | Very low | – | Very low | – | Very low | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | ||||||
| AncitiPal | 3 | + | + | Moderate | – | low | – | low | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | ||||||
±, inconsistent; −, insufficient; +, sufficient; 1, very good, 2, sufficient, 3, doubtful, 4, inadequate; GSF-PIG, Gold Standards Framework Prognostic Indicator Guidance; MQ, measurement quality; NECPAL, Necesidades Paliativas (PalliativeNeeds); NR, not reported; QR, quality rating; RADPAC, RADboud indicators for PAlliative Care needs; SPICT, Supportive and Palliative Care Indicators Tool; TW-PCST, Taiwanese version Palliative Care Screening Tool.