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Patient-reported outcome measures in pediatric palliative care—a protocol for a scoping review

Holmen, Heidi ; Winger, Anette ; Steindal, Simen A. ; Castor, Charlotte LU ; Kvarme, Lisbeth Gravdal ; Riiser, Kirsti ; Mariussen, Kari L. and Lee, Anja (2021) In Systematic Reviews 10(1).
Abstract

Background: In pediatric palliative care (PPC), there is a need to involve the child’s voice in situations regarding their symptoms and care needs. Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) can be tools to systematically gather data reported from the child or a proxy if the child is not capable to self-report in order to provide the services they need. There has been a rapid development in PROM research the last decade, and there is a need for an overview of current knowledge and experiences in the field. Thus, we aim to explore and summarize what is known from the published research about PROMs in PPC. Methods: We propose a scoping review following the framework by Arksey and O’Malley and the PRISMA Extension for Scoping Reviews... (More)

Background: In pediatric palliative care (PPC), there is a need to involve the child’s voice in situations regarding their symptoms and care needs. Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) can be tools to systematically gather data reported from the child or a proxy if the child is not capable to self-report in order to provide the services they need. There has been a rapid development in PROM research the last decade, and there is a need for an overview of current knowledge and experiences in the field. Thus, we aim to explore and summarize what is known from the published research about PROMs in PPC. Methods: We propose a scoping review following the framework by Arksey and O’Malley and the PRISMA Extension for Scoping Reviews checklist. A systematic search will be performed in the following databases: Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online (Medline), Excerpta Medica database (EMBASE), Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), American Psychological Association (APA) PsycInfo, Health and Psychosocial Instruments (HaPI), and Allied and Complementary Medicine Database (AMED). The search will be followed by snowballing to identify key papers and significant researchers for additional citations. Covidence will facilitate the independent review of eligible citations, and data will be extracted and presented descriptively, and thematically analyzed using NVivo. Discussion: The scoping review suggested in this protocol will identify PROMs which have been proposed in PPC and clarify the experiences with their use. The findings of this review will be relevant for researchers and healthcare personnel caring for children and adolescents in PPC. In addition, by highlighting knowledge gaps about the use of PROMs in PPC, this review will point out future needs within this field of research, which is crucial for improving quality of care in PPC. Systematic review registration: https://osf.io/yfch2/.

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Health and psychosocial instruments, Patient-reported outcome measures, Pediatric palliative care, Scoping review, Symptom assessment
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Systematic Reviews
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10
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237
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BioMed Central (BMC)
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  • scopus:85113723215
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2046-4053
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10.1186/s13643-021-01791-6
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English
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  author       = {{Holmen, Heidi and Winger, Anette and Steindal, Simen A. and Castor, Charlotte and Kvarme, Lisbeth Gravdal and Riiser, Kirsti and Mariussen, Kari L. and Lee, Anja}},
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