Table 2 Description of initial observations and user experiences during the application of PALETTE
Topic | Experience LR1 | Experience LR2 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Developing the review question: Initial review question | ‘What are experienced barriers in practicing Paediatric Palliative Care from the perspective of professional caregivers?’ | ‘How do patients experience and respond to ACP in palliative care?’ | ||
Developing the review question: experts | Approached: 0 experts. | Approached: 33 experts. Result: 6 potentially relevant studies of which none became a ‘golden bullet’. | ||
Developing the review question/validation: ‘golden bullets’ | 33 ‘golden bullets’ were identified | 7 ‘golden bullets’ were identified. | ||
Developing the review question: Adjusted review question | What barriers and facilitators in providing Paediatric Palliative Care are experienced by healthcare professionals?’ | Not applicable | ||
Developing the review question: PICO/keywords | ‘Barrier’, ‘facilitator’ and, ‘need’ were removed from the search strategy. | The method of data collection was added to the search strategy. | ||
Final review question | ‘What are the experiences of healthcare professionals when providing Paediatric Palliative Care? | ’What are the experiences with ACP of patients with a life threatening or life-limiting illness?’ | ||
Performing the search: number to screen | Traditional search (Medline): • 2815 articles • 31 relevant articles | PALETTE (Medline): • 2600 articles • 42 relevant articles | Traditional search I (Medline): • 14,746 articles • 20 relevant articles Traditional search II (Medline): • 5153 articles • 14 relevant articles | PALETTE (Medline): • 3555 articles • 20 relevant articles |