Parents’ Experiences of Communication in Neonatal Care (PEC): a neonatal survey refined for real-time parent feedback

Sakonidou, Susanna; Kotzamanis, Sophia; Tallett, Amy; Poots, Alan J; Modi, Neena; Bell, Derek; Gale, Chris

doi:10.1136/archdischild-2022-324548

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“…A validated parental communication survey [82] was used as an outcome measure to assess the impact of the intervention, containing questions on (i) the sharing of information, (ii) relationships with doctors and allied health professionals, (iii) making decisions, (iv) dealing with uncertainty, (iv) taking care of your child, (v) attention to your emotions, (vi) providing validation, and (vii) supporting hope.…”

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The Development of a Communication Tool to Aid Parent-Centered Communication between Parents and Healthcare Professionals: A Quality Improvement Project

Marino,

Collaḉo,

Coyne

et al. 2023

Healthcare

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Good communication is central to good healthcare. As a result of poor communication between parents and healthcare professionals (HCPs) in clinical settings, this study aimed to address this problem by developing a communication tool to empower parents and act as a prompt for HCPs to talk about the child’s care and gather information at the point of admission to hospital about what is important to families, therefore supporting patient-centered communication. A design thinking process was used to develop a physical copy of Chloe’s card and evaluate its use. Design thinking is a problem-solving approach, which uses an empathetic lens to integrate viewpoints of different stakeholders throughout the process of creating solutions. Design thinking involves five processes: (1) empathise—including a literature review and data synthesis, (2) define—by completing semi-structured interviews with parents about their experience of communication and HCPs perceptions of parent’s experience of communication, (3) ideate—iterate the design of Chloe’s card with parents and HCPs, (4) prototype—develop the design of Chloe’s card, and (5) test—pilot test in clinical practice. Results from this initial study suggest that a small hand-held card, with emoticons and a place to write concerns, was acceptable to parents and feasible to use in clinical practice. Parents do not always feel heard by HCPs and a tool such as Chloe’s card may help facilitate sharing of information about matters important to them and their child. However, some HCPs felt the need for a communication tool undermined their clinical skills. Feedback from HCP participants suggests that the idea of Chloe’s card was acceptable and perceived as potentially being useful in clinical practice. Further work is required, as part of a larger study, to further refine this communication tool, identify those parents who would benefit most from Chloe’s card, as well as to further refine the HCP process prior to implementing it into clinical settings. It was noted future iterations would benefit from a digital version linked with a child’s electronic record, as well as multi-language versions and information for parents.

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Section: Outcome Measuresmentioning

confidence: 99%