A scoping review of palliative care for children in low- and middle-income countries

被引:26
作者
Sasaki, Hatoko [1 ]
Bouesseau, Marie-Charlotte [2 ]
Marston, Joan [3 ]
Mori, Rintaro [1 ]
机构
[1] Natl Ctr Child Hlth & Dev, Dept Hlth Policy, Setagaya Ku, 2-10-1 Okura, Tokyo 1578535, Japan
[2] WHO, Serv Delivery & Safety, 20 Ave Appia, CH-1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland
[3] Int Childrens Palliat Care Network, 2 Langenhoven St, ZA-9301 Bloemfontein, South Africa
来源
BMC PALLIATIVE CARE | 2017年 / 16卷
关键词
Palliative care; Scoping review; Children; Low- and middle-income countries; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; SOUTH-AFRICA; CANCER; LIFE; SERVICES; AVAILABILITY; CHALLENGES; MANAGEMENT; BARRIERS; OUTCOMES;
D O I
10.1186/s12904-017-0242-8
中图分类号
R19 [保健组织与事业(卫生事业管理)];
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摘要
Background: Ninety-eight percent of children needing palliative care live in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs), and almost half of them live in Africa. In contrast to the abundance of data on populations in high income countries, the current data on populations in LMICs is woefully inadequate. This study aims to identify and summarize the published literature on the need, accessibility, quality, and models for palliative care for children in LMICs. Methods: A scoping review was performed following the method of Arksey and O'Malley. Systematic searches were conducted on PubMed and Google Scholar using the main keywords, 'children AND palliative care OR terminal care OR hospice OR end of life AND developing countries OR LMICs.' Additional publications were obtained by handsearching. Papers were only included if they reported on the need, accessibility, quality, and models for palliative care for children in LMICs. Results: Fifteen papers met the inclusion criteria for review. Of these, 10 assessed need, seven examined availability and/or accessibility, one assessed quality, and one examined the models. We found an urgent need for palliative care, particularly in the training for health workers and improving poor availability and/or accessibility to palliative care in terms of factors such as medication and bereavement support. The best practice models demonstrated feasibility and sustainability through cooperation with governments and community organizations. The quality of pain management and emotional support was lower in LMICs compared to HICs. Conclusion: Although we found limited evidence in this review, we identified common challenges such as the need for further training for health workers and greater availability of opioid analgesics. While efforts to change the current systems and laws applying to children in LMICs are important, we should also tackle underlying factors including the need to raise awareness about palliative care in public health and improve the accuracy of data collection.
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