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Principles of a paediatric palliative care consultation can be achieved with home telemedicine

Overview of attention for article published in Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, November 2014
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Title
Principles of a paediatric palliative care consultation can be achieved with home telemedicine
Published in
Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, November 2014
DOI 10.1177/1357633x14552370
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Authors

Natalie K Bradford, Nigel R Armfield, Jeanine Young, Anthony Herbert, Christine Mott, Anthony C Smith

Abstract

We compared the records of paediatric palliative consultations undertaken face-to-face, with telemedicine consultations undertaken in patients' homes. A convenience sample of consecutive paediatric palliative care patients was identified from the hospital's palliative care database. A total of 100 consultations was reviewed (50 telemedicine consultations during home visits and 50 face-to-face consultations) according to 14 established principles and components of a paediatric palliative care consultation. In the telemedicine group there was a higher proportion of patients in a stable condition (58% vs 7%), and a lower proportion of patients in terminal phase (2% vs 17%). Discussion about pain and anorexia were significantly more common in the telemedicine group. Discussion about follow up was significantly more common in the telemedicine group (86% vs 56%), whilst resuscitation planning was more common in deteriorating patients receiving inpatient care. All other components and principles of a palliative care consultation were documented equally regardless of method of consultation. The findings confirm that palliative consultations via telemedicine are just as effective as face-to-face consultations in terms of the documented components of the consultation.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 67 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 12 18%
Student > Ph. D. Student 8 12%
Student > Bachelor 8 12%
Researcher 6 9%
Other 6 9%
Other 14 21%
Unknown 13 19%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 23 34%
Nursing and Health Professions 16 24%
Psychology 4 6%
Social Sciences 3 4%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 2 3%
Other 5 7%
Unknown 14 21%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 6. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 08 May 2020.
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#5,641,026
of 22,770,070 outputs
Outputs from Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare
#271
of 1,153 outputs
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#55,192
of 231,966 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare
#4
of 21 outputs
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