Paediatric palliative screening scale as a useful tool for clinicians' assessment of palliative care needs of pediatric patients: a retrospective cohort study.
BMC Palliat Care
; 20(1): 73, 2021 May 24.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Although the importance of palliative care in pediatric patients has been emphasized, many health care providers have difficulty determining when patients should be referred to the palliative care team. The Paediatric Palliative Screening Scale (PaPaS) was developed as a tool for screening pediatric patients for palliative care needs. The study aimed to evaluate the PaPaS as a reliable tool for primary care clinicians unfamiliar with palliative care.METHODS:
This was a retrospective cohort study of patients referred to the pediatric palliative care teams in two tertiary hospitals in the Republic of Korea between July 2018 and October 2019.RESULTS:
The primary clinical and pediatric palliative care teams assessed the PaPaS scores of 109 patients, and both teams reported a good agreement for the sum of the PaPaS score. Furthermore, the PaPaS scores correlated with those obtained using the Lansky performance scale. Although the mean PaPaS score was higher in the pediatric palliative care team, the scores were higher than the cut-off score for referral in both groups.CONCLUSION:
The PaPaS can be a useful tool for primary care clinicians to assess the palliative care needs of patients and their families.Palabras clave
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Colección:
01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Cuidados Paliativos
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Enfermería de Cuidados Paliativos al Final de la Vida
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Screening_studies
Límite:
Child
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
BMC Palliat Care
Año:
2021
Tipo del documento:
Article