Delivery items
| Item | Round 2 | Round 3 | Include in education/training package? | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | Median | IQR | Mean | Median | IQR | ||
| Frequency | |||||||
| As a ‘one-off’ | 2.18 | 2 | 2 | 1.77 | 2 | 1 | Disagree R2: 64.6% (n=42) R3: 91.4% (n=32) |
| Every year | 3.48 | 3 | 2 | 3.77 | 4 | 1 | No consensus R2: 21.5% D/SD; 33.8% neither; 44.6% A/SG* R3: 8.6% D/SD; 25.7% neither; 65.7% A/SG |
| Every 18 months | 2.78 | 3 | 1 | 2.83 | 3 | 1 | No consensus R2: 33.8% D/SD; 47.7% neither; 18.5% A/SG R3: 42.9% D/SD; 34.3% neither; 22.9% A/SG |
| Every 2–3 years | 2.82 | 3 | 1 | 2.49 | 2 | 1 | No consensus R2: 36.9% D/SD; 40.0% neither; 23.1% A/SG R3: 57.1% D/SD; 28.6% neither; 14.3% A/SG |
| Every 3–5 years | 2.45 | 3 | 1 | 1.97 | 2 | 0 | Disagree R2: 47.7% (n=31) R2: 80.0% (n=28) |
| As part of an on-going/‘rolling’ programme | 4.51 | 5 | 1 | – | – | – | Agree R2: 87.7% (n=57) |
| Who could deliver | |||||||
| Academics | 2.85 | 3 | 2 | 2.77 | 3 | 1 | No consensus R2: 36.9% D/SD; 33.8% neither; 29.2% A/SG R3: 37.1% D/SD; 40.0% neither; 22.9% A/SG |
| Adult palliative care professionals | 3.95 | 4 | 2 | 4.11 | 4 | 1 | Agree R2: 69.2% (n=45) R3: 80.0% (n=28) |
| Paediatric palliative care professionals | 4.37 | 4 | 1 | – | – | – | Agree R2: 89.2% (n=58) |
| Other paediatricians | 3.57 | 4 | 1 | 3.46 | 4 | 1 | No consensus R2: 9.2% D/SD; 36.9% neither; 53.8% A/SG R3: 17.1% D/SD; 22.9% neither; 60.0% A/SG |
| Professionals working with young people (or someone with practical experience) | 4.60 | 5 | 1 | – | – | – | Agree R2: 95.4% (n=62) |
| Youth workers | 3.51 | 3 | 1 | 3.49 | 4 | 1 | No consensus R2: 7.7% D/SD; 43.1% neither; 49.2% A/SG R3: 14.3% D/SD; 31.4% neither; 54.3% A/SG |
| Charities/relevant associations or organisations | 3.55 | 4 | 1 | 3.86 | 4 | 0 | Agree R2: 52.3% (n=34) R2: 82.9% (n=29) |
| Children's hospices | 4.09 | 4 | 1 | – | – | – | Agree R2: 78.5% (n=51) |
| Collaboration of health professionals and academics | 3.80 | 4 | 2 | 3.26 | 3 | 1 | No consensus R2: 10.8% D/SD; 24.6% neither; 64.6% A/SG R3: 17.1% D/SD; 40.0% neither; 42.9% A/SG |
| Collaboration of adult and paediatric sectors | 4.51 | 5 | 1 | – | – | – | Agree R2: 95.4% (n=62) |
| Social care and health professionals | 4.17 | 4 | 1 | – | – | – | Agree R2: 83.1% (n=54) |
| Palliative care training programme directors | 3.15 | 3 | 1 | 4.31 | 4 | 1 | No consensus R2: 23.1% D/SD; 40.0% neither; 36.9% A/SG R3: 23.1% D/SD; 40.0% neither; 37.0% A/SG |
| Profession appropriate to the role of staff to be trained | 4.15 | 4 | 1 | – | – | – | Agree R2: 81.5% (n=53) |
| Professional appropriate to the subject area to be trained on | 4.42 | 5 | 1 | – | – | – | Agree R2: 89.2% (n=58) |
| Ethicists | 3.25 | 3 | 1 | 3.34 | 4 | 1 | No consensus R2: 18.5% D/SD; 40.0% neither; 41.5% A/SG R3: 20.0% D/SD; 22.9% neither; 57.1% A/SG |
| Nurses | 3.91 | 4 | 1 | – | – | – | Agree R2: 75.4% (n=49) |
| Occupational therapists | 3.74 | 4 | 1 | 3.66 | 4 | 1 | No consensus R2: 3.1% D/SD; 32.3% neither; 64.6% A/SG R3: 5.7% D/SD; 25.7% neither; 68.6% A/SG |
| Paediatric psychologists | 3.71 | 4 | 1 | 3.91 | 4 | 0 | Agree R2: 61.5% (n=40) R3: 85.7% (n=30) |
| Pharmacists | 3.38 | 3 | 1 | 3.51 | 4 | 1 | No consensus R2: 9.2% D/SD; 44.6% neither; 46.2% A/SG R3: 8.6% D/SD; 31.46% neither; 60.0% A/SG |
| Parents/families | 4.34 | 4 | 1 | – | – | – | Agree R2: 90.8% (n=59) |
| Young people | 4.58 | 5 | 1 | – | – | – | Agree R2: 98.5% (n=64) |
A/SA, agree/strongly agree; D/SD, disagree/strongly disagree; neither, neither agree nor disagree.