Healthcare Professionals' Experiences of the Barriers and Facilitators to Pediatric Pain Management in the Community at End-of-Life : A Qualitative Interview Study

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CONTEXTS: Inadequate pain management in community pediatric palliative care is common. Evidence to inform improved pain management in this population is limited.

OBJECTIVES: To explore the barriers and facilitators to pediatric community-based pain management for infants, children and young people at end-of-life as perceived by healthcare professionals.

METHODS: A qualitative interview study was conducted. Semi-structured interviews were undertaken with 29 healthcare professionals; 12 nurses, five GPs, five consultants and registrar doctors, two pharmacists and five support therapists working in primary, secondary or tertiary care in the United Kingdom and involved in community end-of life care of 0 to 18-year-olds.

RESULTS: The data corpus was analyzed using an inductive thematic analysis and seven themes emerged: parents' abilities, beliefs and wellbeing; working relationships between families and healthcare professionals, and between healthcare teams; healthcare professionals' knowledge, education and experience; health services delivery; nature of pain treatment; and pediatric-specific factors. Across themes, the concepts of partnership working between families and healthcare professionals, and within healthcare teams, and sharing expertise were prevalent.

CONCLUSION: Partnership working and trust between healthcare professionals and parents, and within healthcare teams, is needed for effective at-home pediatric palliative pain management. Community healthcare professionals require more education from experienced multidisciplinary teams to effectively manage pediatric pain at end-of-life and prevent emergency hospice or hospital admissions, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:63

Enthalten in:

Journal of pain and symptom management - 63(2022), 1 vom: 15. Jan., Seite 98-105

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Greenfield, Dr Katie [VerfasserIn]
Carter, Bernie [VerfasserIn]
Harrop, Dr Emily [VerfasserIn]
Jassal, Dr Sabtir [VerfasserIn]
Bayliss, Ms Julie [VerfasserIn]
Renton, Dr Kate [VerfasserIn]
Holley, Dr Simone [VerfasserIn]
Howard, Dr Richard F [VerfasserIn]
Johnson, Ms Margaret [VerfasserIn]
Liossi, Christina [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Caregivers
Journal Article
Paediatrics
Pain management
Palliative care
Parents
Qualitative research
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 20.01.2022

Date Revised 20.01.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2021.06.026

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM328188948