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Itv-pal programme: evaluation of the implementation of tech-volunteer programme in palliative care services
Palliative Medicine ; 35(1 SUPPL):201, 2021.
Article in English | EMBASE | ID: covidwho-1477133
ABSTRACT

Background:

Due to COVID-19, team has piloted new service of volunteers supporting patients/relatives isolated home using telephone and videocalls, with global good response to this initiative. The literature review shows no robust studies associating palliative care (PC) volunteering with new technologies (NT).

Aims:

The main goal is implementing and evaluating volunteer training programme in the use of NT (specifically smartphones and tablets) to support patients facing life-threatening illness and relatives. Specific objectives are 1. Explore need and usefulness of NT from point of view of patients/relatives, volunteers and health care professionals (HCP) in PC and describe technological profile. 2. Design techvolunteer curriculum and implement techvolunteer training programme. 3. Implement techvolunteer programme within PC home care service and Inpatient unit and assess impact on care provided.

Methods:

Pilot study 20 volunteers and 70 patients/relatives. Mix-methods design allows combining quantitative measures of implementation with in-depth qualitative data to provide detailed understanding intervention functioning on small scale. Pragmatic cluster randomized clinical trial to test efficacy (unit of randomization is the volunteer and unit of analysis is patient/relative). Before-after design to test effectiveness (volunteers and HCP satisfaction with intervention and its implementation). Cost-utility study. Interviews (individuals and groupal) with HPC, volunteers and key informants of patients/relatives to test the beginning need and usefulness of NT, and during implementation process to test changes and experiences. Intention to treat analysis.

Conclusion:

This study will bring real evidence toward NT integration as useful tool not only to facilitate communication between volunteers and patients/relatives, but also to turn NT into instruments support daily living and enhance care, when in the hands of trained tech-volunteers.

Full text: Available Collection: Databases of international organizations Database: EMBASE Type of study: Experimental Studies Language: English Journal: Palliative Medicine Year: 2021 Document Type: Article

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Full text: Available Collection: Databases of international organizations Database: EMBASE Type of study: Experimental Studies Language: English Journal: Palliative Medicine Year: 2021 Document Type: Article