A Systematic Review of the Use of the Palliative Care Outcome Scale and the Support Team Assessment Schedule in Palliative Care  Emily S. Collins, BSc, Jana Witt, PhD, Claudia Bausewein, PhD, Barbara A. Daveson, PhD, Irene J. Higginson, PhD, Fliss E.M. Murtagh, PhD  Journal of Pain and Symptom Management  Volume 50, Issue 6, Pages 842-853.e19 (December 2015) DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2015.07.015 Copyright © 2015 The Authors Terms and Conditions

Fig. 1 PRISMA chart for identifying publications on POS and STAS. POS = Palliative care Outcome Scale; PRISMA = Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis; STAS = Support Team Assessment Schedule. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 2015 50, 842-853.e19DOI: (10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2015.07.015) Copyright © 2015 The Authors Terms and Conditions

Fig. 2 Categories of use for POS and STAS publications 2010–2014. *Only those studies which clearly stated use of translated versions shown; Non-English translations may be validated or nonvalidated. POS = Palliative care Outcome Scale; STAS = Support Team Assessment Schedule. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 2015 50, 842-853.e19DOI: (10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2015.07.015) Copyright © 2015 The Authors Terms and Conditions

Fig. 3 Total categories of use for POS and STAS publications up to 2014. *New categorization in 2010–2014 review (only articles since 2010 shown). **Old categorization from Bausewein et al. (2011) review (only articles before February 2010 shown). POS = Palliative care Outcome Scale; STAS = Support Team Assessment Schedule. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 2015 50, 842-853.e19DOI: (10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2015.07.015) Copyright © 2015 The Authors Terms and Conditions