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<a href="http://doi.org/10.1089/jpm.2006.9.716" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">http://doi.org/10.1089/jpm.2006.9.716</a>
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The Seattle Pediatric Palliative Care Project: effects on family satisfaction and health-related quality of life
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Journal Of Palliative Medicine
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2006
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Child; Female; Humans; Male; Physician-Patient Relations; Family; Adult; Questionnaires; Communication; Program Development; Washington; Personal Satisfaction; quality of life; adolescent; Preschool; Palliative Care/organization & administration; decision making; Neoplasms/therapy; Nervous System Diseases/therapy
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Hays RM; Valentine J; Haynes G; Geyer JR; Villareale N; McKinstry B; Varni JW; Churchill SS
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PURPOSE: This paper presents the components of a pediatric palliative care demonstration program implemented in Seattle during the period 1999-2001. It reports findings from the evaluation of quality of life and family satisfaction among enrolled participants. The program was designed to enhance patient-provider communication using the Decision-making Tool (DMT) and experimented with co-management by clinicians and insurers to support decision making in advanced serious pediatric illness. DESIGN: The project design consisted of ethical decision-making, provider education, and flexible administration of health benefits through co-case management between insurers and care providers. The evaluation study design is a non-experimental pretest, posttest design comparison of pediatric quality of life and family satisfaction at program entry with repeated measures at 3 months post-program entry. Quality of life was measured with parent proxy reports of health-related quality of life using the PedsQL() Version 4.0, and family satisfaction was measured with a 31-item self-administered questionnaire designed by project staff. RESULTS: Forty-one patients ranging in age from infancy to 22 years old were enrolled in the program over a 2-year period. Parents consented to participate in the evaluation study. Thirty one specific diagnoses were represented in the patient population; 34% were some form of cancer. Improvements in health-related quality of life over baseline were observed for 21 matched pairs available for analysis in each domain of health-related quality of life; positive changes in reports of emotional well-being were statistically significant. Improvements over baseline in 14 of 31 family satisfaction items were statistically significant. CONCLUSIONS: Pediatric palliative care services that focus on effective communication, decision support, and co-case management with insurers can improve aspects of quality of life and family satisfaction.
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<a href="http://doi.org/10.1089/jpm.2006.9.716" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">10.1089/jpm.2006.9.716</a>
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2006
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Child
Churchill SS
Communication
Decision Making
Family
Female
Geyer JR
Haynes G
Hays RM
Humans
Journal Article
Journal of Palliative Medicine
Male
McKinstry B
Neoplasms/therapy
Nervous System Diseases/therapy
Palliative Care/organization & Administration
Personal Satisfaction
Physician-patient Relations
Preschool
Program Development
Quality Of Life
Questionnaires
Valentine J
Varni JW
Villareale N
Washington