Observational studyCritical care medicine2014
Feasibility and perceived benefits of a framework for physician-parent follow-up meetings after a child's death in the PICU.
Observational study in Critical care medicine, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Insight into the content of and experiences with follow-up conversations with bereaved parents in paediatrics: A systematic review.Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) · 2022Pooled it
- When a child dies: a systematic review of well-defined parent-focused bereavement interventions and their alignment with grief- and loss theories.BMC palliative care · 2020Pooled it
- Bereavement care practices: A national survey of Australian paediatric intensive care units.Critical care and resuscitation : journal of the Australasian Academy of Critical Care Medicine · 2026Article
- Caring for Parents After the Death of a Child.Pediatric critical care medicine : a journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies · 2018Review
- A Provider-Based Survey To Assess Bereavement Care Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices in Pediatric Oncologists.Journal of palliative medicine · 2017Article
- Bereavement Follow-Up After the Death of a Child as a Standard of Care in Pediatric Oncology.Pediatric blood & cancer · 2015Review
- Meaning making during parent-physician bereavement meetings after a child's death.Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association · 2015Article
- Language Analysis as a Window to Bereaved Parents' Emotions During a Parent-Physician Bereavement Meeting.Journal of language and social psychology · 2015Article
- Integrating palliative care into the PICU: a report from the Improving Palliative Care in the ICU Advisory Board.Pediatric critical care medicine : a journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies · 2014Review
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Abstract
objectiveTo evaluate the feasibility and perceived benefits of conducting physician-parent follow-up meetings after a child's death in the PICU according to a framework developed by the Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research Network.
designProspective observational study.
settingSeven Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research Network-affiliated children's hospitals. SUBJECTS: Critical care attending physicians, bereaved parents, and meeting guests (i.e., parent support persons, other health professionals).
interventionsPhysician-parent follow-up meetings using the Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research Network framework. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN
resultsForty-six critical care physicians were trained to conduct follow-up meetings using the framework. All meetings were video recorded. Videos were evaluated for the presence or absence of physician behaviors consistent with the framework. Present behaviors were evaluated for performance quality using a 5-point scale (1 = low, 5 = high). Participants completed meeting evaluation surveys. Parents of 194 deceased children were mailed an invitation to a follow-up meeting. Of these, one or both parents from 39 families (20%) agreed to participate, 80 (41%) refused, and 75 (39%) could not be contacted. Of 39 who initially agreed, three meetings were canceled due to conflicting schedules. Thirty-six meetings were conducted including 54 bereaved parents, 17 parent support persons, 23 critical care physicians, and 47 other health professionals. Physician adherence to the framework was high; 79% of behaviors consistent with the framework were rated as present with a quality score of 4.3 ± 0.2. Of 50 evaluation surveys completed by parents, 46 (92%) agreed or strongly agreed the meeting was helpful to them and 40 (89%) to others they brought with them. Of 36 evaluation surveys completed by critical care physicians (i.e., one per meeting), 33 (92%) agreed or strongly agreed the meeting was beneficial to parents and 31 (89%) to them.
conclusionsFollow-up meetings using the Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research Network framework are feasible and viewed as beneficial by meeting participants. Future research should evaluate the effects of follow-up meetings on bereaved parents' health outcomes.
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