ArticleBMC palliative care2021
Paediatric palliative screening scale as a useful tool for clinicians' assessment of palliative care needs of pediatric patients: a retrospective cohort study.
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- Identifying palliative care needs in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia: validation of the Chinese paediatric palliative screening scale (C-PaPaS).BMC palliative care · 2026Article
- Paediatric oncologists' perspectives on Strategic solutions to develop Integrated Cancer Palliative Care: feedback intervention theory as an explanatory Framework.BMC palliative care · 2024Article
- Pediatric Palliative Care in Oncology: Basic Principles.Cancers · 2022Review
- Palliative Care in Paediatric Oncology: an Update.Current oncology reports · 2022Review
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Abstract
backgroundAlthough 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.
methodsThis 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.
resultsThe 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.
conclusionThe PaPaS can be a useful tool for primary care clinicians to assess the palliative care needs of patients and their families.
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