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	Inventario della Dignità del Paziente	Support Team Assessment Schedule
Campo	Cure palliative	Cure palliative
Famiglia	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Anno di origine	2008	1997
Ideatore	Chochinov, Hassard, McClement, and colleagues (University of Manitoba)	Baker, Speck, and Cohen
Tipo	Self-report	Clinician-rated observational scale
Fonte seminale	Chochinov, H. M., Hassard, T., McClement, S., Hack, T., Kristjanson, L. J., Harlos, M., Speca, M., & Tool, T. (2008). The Patient Dignity Inventory: a novel way of measuring dignity-related distress in palliative care. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 36(6), 559–571.	Baker, A., Speck, P., & Cohen, D. (1997). Support Team Assessment Schedule (STAS): Development of a new instrument for the evaluation of support to patients and families in palliative care. Journal of Palliative Care, 13(2), 39–45.
Alias	PDI, Dignity Inventory	STAS, STAS-A
Correlati	5	5
Sintesi	The Patient Dignity Inventory (PDI) is a 25-item self-report measure assessing dignity-related distress in patients with advanced cancer and life-limiting illness. Developed by Chochinov and colleagues at the University of Manitoba in 2008, the PDI operationalizes 'dignity' as a multidimensional construct encompassing illness-related functional decline, psychosocial concerns (fear, hopelessness, suicidality), body image distress, existential meaning, and social connection—dimensions often overlooked by symptom-focused assessment. The PDI enables clinicians to identify and address dignity threats systematically, preventing the existential despair that can accompany terminal illness even when physical symptoms are well-controlled.	The Support Team Assessment Schedule (STAS) is a clinician-rated observational instrument assessing the impact of palliative care support on patients with advanced illness and their families across seven key domains: pain, symptoms, anxiety, family well-being, communication, and support adequacy. Developed by Baker, Speck, and Cohen in 1997, the STAS has become a standard quality-of-life outcome measure in community palliative care, hospice, and research, enabling teams to systematically monitor the effectiveness of their interventions and identify patients and families in crisis.