Table 3.
Question | Round in which reached consensus | Percent | Median | Mean | SD |
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Section 1. Interventions and models of care for CPC | |||||
Interventions and models of care for CPC | 1 | 80.5 % | 1 | 1.76 | 1.08 |
Measuring outcomes of care | 1 | 84.1 % | 2 | 1.76 | 0.93 |
The challenges to CPC provision | 2 | 77.3 % | 2 | 1.95 | 1.17 |
Section 2. Clinical Care | |||||
Assessment of the WHO two-step analgesic ladder for pain management in children (please refer to the new pain guidelines | 1 | 79.4 % | 1 | 1.72 | 0.96 |
Use of adjuvant medicines to relive pain | 1 | 75.6 % | 2 | 1.91 | 0.97 |
Use of opioids in children | 1 | 77.5 % | 1 | 1.79 | 1.11 |
Managing pain in children where there is no morphine (Strong opioids) | 1 | 83.1 % | 1 | 1.61 | 1.11 |
Pain management for non-cancer children with chronic life-threatening illness | 1 | 80.0 % | 1 | 1.72 | 0.99 |
Understanding the needs of children and their families | 1 | 79.4 % | 2 | 1.83 | 1 |
Assessment and management of different symptoms | 1 | 75.0 % | 2 | 1.86 | 1.09 |
Non-pharmacological management of pain and other distressing symptoms | 2 | 78.9 % | 2 | 1.91 | 0.99 |
Validation of pain assessment tools in different settings/ ages | 2 | 77.8 % | 2 | 1.92 | 1.04 |
Perinatal palliative care | 2 | 78.9 % | 2 | 1.91 | 1.1 |
Section 3. Psychological issues | |||||
Models of providing psychological care in CPC | 1 | 75.0 % | 2 | 1.92 | 0.77 |
Communicating with children and their families | 1 | 80.2 % | 2 | 1.83 | 0.98 |
Children's understanding of death and dying | 2 | 78.6 % | 2 | 1.54 | 1.1 |
The illness experience for children | 2 | 75.7 % | 2 | 1.96 | 0.8 |
Section 7. Policies and Procedures | |||||
Funding for and the cost of CPC | 1 | 84.6 % | 1 | 1.67 | 0.89 |
Section 8. Legislation and ethics | |||||
Ethical issues in CPC | 1 | 75.6 % | 1 | 1.8 | 1.03 |
Children's rights and palliative care | 2 | 78.2 % | 1 | 1.81 | 1.13 |
Section 9. Education | |||||
Training needs for CPC | 1 | 82.7 % | 1 | 1.68 | 0.96 |
The impact of education programmes on the provision of CPC | 1 | 75.0 % | 2 | 1.92 | 0.96 |
Integration of CPC into core health curriculum | 1 | 79.5 % | 1 | 1.78 | 0.96 |
Models of education and training for CPC | 2 | 76.2 % | 2 | 1.89 | 1.11 |
Section 10. Other | |||||
The global need for CPC | 1 | 78.6 % | 1 | 1.79 | 1.15 |
Assessment of government support for CPC | 2 | 78.2 % | 2 | 1.83 | 0.94 |
SD = Standard Deviation