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ArticlePalliative care and social practice2024

Work-related quality of life in professionals involved in pediatric palliative care: a repeated cross-sectional comparative effectiveness study.

Anne-Kathrin Gerber, Ursula Feuz, Karin Zimmermann, Stefan Mitterer, Michael Simon, Nicolas von der Weid, Eva Bergsträsser

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Article in Palliative care and social practice, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04236180 (Specialised Paediatric Palliative Care), which is not on this map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Specialised Paediatric Palliative Care: Assessing Family, Healthcare Professionals and Health System Outcomes in a Multi-site Context of Various Care Settings

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity Children's Hospital, ZurichRan2019 to 2023Enrolled70ConditionsPaediatric Palliative CareArmsSpecialised Paediatric Palliative Care (SPPC)
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Anne-Kathrin GerberInstitute of Nursing Science, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9334-7457
Ursula FeuzInstitute of Nursing Science, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
Karin ZimmermannInstitute of Nursing Science, University of Basel, Bernoullistrasse 28, Basel 4056, Switzerland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6718-265X
Stefan MittererInstitute of Nursing Science, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
Michael SimonInstitute of Nursing Science, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2349-7219
Nicolas von der WeidDivision of Haematology-Oncology, University Children's Hospital beider Basel (UKBB), Basel, Switzerland.
Eva BergsträsserDivision of Pediatric Palliative Care and Children's Research Center, University Children's Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0340-1868

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Abstract

Background: Working in pediatric palliative care (PPC) impacts healthcare and allied professionals' work-related quality of life (QoL). Professionals who lack specific PPC training but who regularly provide services to the affected children have articulated their need for support from specialized PPC (SPPC) teams. Objectives: This study had two objectives: (1) to evaluate whether the availability of a SPPC team impacted the work-related QoL of professionals not specialized in PPC; and (2) to explore the work-related QoL of professionals working in PPC without specialized training. Design: Repeated cross-sectional comparative effectiveness design. Methods: One hospital with an established SPPC program and affiliated institutions provided the intervention group (IG). Three hospitals and affiliated institutions where generalist PPC was offered provided the comparison group (CG). Data were collected by paper-pencil questionnaire in 2021 and 2022. The Professional Quality of Life (ProQOL 5) questionnaire was used to assess work-related QoL, yielding separate scores for burnout (BO), secondary traumatic stress (STS) and compassion satisfaction (CS). A descriptive statistical analysis was performed and general estimation equations were modelled. To increase the comparability of the IG and CG, participants were matched by propensity scores. Results: The 301 participating non-PPC-specialized professionals had overall low to moderate levels of BO and STS and moderate to high levels of CS. However, none of these scores (BO: Conclusion: Although the study sample's overall work-related QoL was satisfactory, it showed a considerable proportion of moderate BO and STS, as well as moderate CS. To provide tailored support to professionals working in PPC, evidence regarding key SPPC support elements and their effectiveness is needed. Trial registration: ClinicalTrials.gov ID, NCT04236180.

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compassion fatiguecompassion satisfactionhealth personnelpalliative carepediatricsquality of life

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PMCPMC11085006

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