Development of Recommendations for Speech-Language Pathologists in Paediatric Palliative Care Teams (ReSP3CT)

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: nspecified role and scope of practice of Speech-Language Pathologists working in Paediatric Palliative Care; Unspecified role and scope of practice of Speech-Language Pathologists working in Paediatric Palliative Care; Public Health - Health service research

• Registration Number: ACTRN12618000620224
• Lead Sponsor: a Trobe University

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2018-04-20
• Study Completion: 2019-06-03
• Last Update Posted: 3 March 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 52

Inclusion Criteria

Participants must:
- Be speech-language pathologists working in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, Ireland or United States of America
- Have worked for a minimum of two years with a paediatric palliative caseload.
- Be eligible for membership in their respective professional speech-language pathology associations.

Exclusion Criteria

Participants will be excluded from this study if they do not have a native-level proficiency of English.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Observational
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
evel of agreement among participants for each clinical practice guideline recommendation, summarised as percentages (%) for each response on a Likert (five-point) statement-specific scale.[After commencement of the Delphi phase; at 2 weeks (primary timepoint), 4 weeks and in two-week increments until agreement is reached (stop criteria: five rounds/iterations, therefore, maximum timepoint is 10 weeks).]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Composite outcome of demographic data obtained about speech-language pathologists working in paediatric palliative care from survey, including; countries worked, years worked within paediatric palliative care, qualification level, professional membership status, workload (full-time equivalent), types of clinical settings and speech-language pathology service provision.[Outcome assessed after all participants submit survey - 3 months post commencement of survey phase.];Convergence of participants towards agreement between each Delphi round summarised as interquartile range (IQR) for each response on a Likert (five-point) statement-specific scale.[After commencement of the Delphi phase; at 2 weeks (primary timepoint), 4 weeks and in two-week increments until agreement is reached (stop criteria: five rounds/iterations, therefore, maximum timepoint is 10 weeks).]