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Important studies on paediatric palliative care provision and outcome measurement

We would like to flag two interesting studies published in 2024.


PALLIPED – The report on paediatric palliative care provision in Italy 

The outcome of the PalliPed Project mapping the situation of dedicated paediatric palliative care (PPC) services in Italy was published earlier this year in the Italian Journal of Pediatrics (IJP). The independent study, lead by Professor Franca Benini, Director of the Veneto Regional Centre for Paediatric Palliative Care and Pain Management, investigates the distribution and quality of dedicated PPC services in all of the Italian regions. The aim of the project is to provide political decision makers with a comprehensive and current overview of specialist PPC services in Italy specifying the type of organization, the configuration of care teams and the specialised services available in the 19 dedicated PPC centres mapped, thus permitting them to develop policies, care models and assign resources based on reliable scientific evidence. The project highlights the urgent need for specific PPC training initiatives for healthcare professionals, raised awareness of PPC, the development of research interventions aimed at an enhanced distribution of the resources available and the definition of strategies to effectively address the multidisciplinary and complex needs of this growing population of particularly vulnerable patients. The study was realised with the support of the Maruzza Foundation.

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Prof. Franca Benini, Director of the Veneto Regional Centre for Paediatric Palliative Care and Pain Management

Achieving consensus on priority items for paediatric palliative care outcome measurement: Results from a modified Delphi survey

This study, published in Sage Journals is part of a programme of work by a team at the Cicely Saunders Institute based at Kings College London, to develop the Children’s Palliative Outcome Scale (C-POS), a child-centred outcome measure for use in paediatric palliative care. This measure is being developed within the UK healthcare context, with parallel processes to develop C-POS in other regions. This previous work has demonstrated that several versions of C-POS will be required to reflect the age/developmental stages of children with life-limiting conditions. The aims of the study presented were to gain expert stakeholder consensus on items to be included in C-POS, to further enhance face and content validity and finalise initial versions of C-POS for cognitive testing.

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