Status:
UNKNOWN
Paediatric Palliative Care Pain Management in the Community
Lead Sponsor:
University of Southampton
Collaborating Sponsors:
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust
Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust
Conditions:
Palliative Medicine
Pediatric ALL
Eligibility:
All Genders
6-99 years
Brief Summary
To describe the the barriers and facilitators experienced by carers and healthcare professionals when managing medicines for pain relief for infants, children, and young people approaching the end of ...
Detailed Description
This study aims to hear about the experiences of patients, carers and healthcare professionals when managing pain relief medicines for infants, children and young people (ICYP) at the end of their liv...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Inclusion Criteria
- Carers of infants, children, and young people up to 18 years being cared for outside hospital at the end of life (defined as those patients who score as 'orange' or 'red' on the Spectrum of Palliative Care Needs tool and/or who have a symptom management plan (including pain management) written by a specialist palliative care team.
- Self-reported full or partial responsibility for managing the patient's medicines, in particular having to select PRN (pro re nata or 'taken as needed') for pain and being responsible for the clinical decision making and the physical process of administering medicines.
- Healthcare professionals in primary, secondary and tertiary care who are involved in the care of children at end-of-life (defined as those patients who score as 'orange' or 'red' on the Spectrum of Palliative Care Needs tool) outside hospital, some of whom may be caring for the families taking part.
- Children and young people aged 6-18 years who are being cared for outside hospital at the end of life defined as those patients who score as 'orange' or 'red' on the Spectrum of Palliative Care Needs tool).
- Exclusion Criteria:
- Carers judged by consultants or nurses to lack capacity to consent.
- Carers judged by nurses to be 'struggling' too much (however, these carers will still be able to approach the researcher directly if they wish to take part as posters will be used to advertise the study).
- CYP judged by carers or nurses to lack capacity to take part in an interview, who are too unwell or those who might find it too distressing.
Exclusion
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
July 15 2019
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
January 31 2021
Estimated Enrollment :
68 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT04519632
Start Date
July 15 2019
End Date
January 31 2021
Last Update
August 19 2020
Active Locations (1)
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University of Southampton
Southampton, United Kingdom, SO17 1BJ