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Assessing well-being in pediatric palliative care: A pilot study about views of children parents and health professionals Toro Pérez, Daniel del Camprodon-Rosanas, Ester Navarro Vilarrubí, Sergi Bolancé Losilla, Catalina Guillén, Montserrat Limonero, Joaquin T. Pediatria Tractament pal·liatiu Emocions en els infants Benestar Pediatrics Palliative treatment Emotions in children Well-being Objectives. Our research aims to compare the perception that children in the pediatric palliative care setting have of their emotional well-being, or that expressed by the parents, with the perception held by the professionals involved in their care. Methods. In this cross-sectional study, the emotional well-being of 30 children with a mean age of 10.8 years (standard deviation [SD] = 6.1) is evaluated. Children, or parents where necessary, evaluate their situation with a question about emotional well-being on a 0–10 visual analog scale. For each child, a health professional also rates the child’s emotional status using the same scale. Results. Theaveragechild’semotionalwell-beingscoreprovidedbychildrenorparentswas7.1 (SD =1.6), while the average score given by health professionals was 5.6 (SD = 1.2). Children or parents graded the children’s emotional well-being significantly higher than professionals (t-test = 4.6, p-value < .001). Health professionals rated the children’s emotional well-being significantly lower when the disease status was progressive than when the disease was not (t-test = 2.2, p-value = .037). Significance of results. Children themselves, or their parents, report more positive evaluations of emotional well-being than health professionals. Sociodemographic and disease variables do not seem to have a direct influence on this perception, rather it is more likely that children, parents, and professionals focus on different aspects and that children or parents need to hold on to a more optimistic vision. We must emphasize that when this difference is more pronounced, it can be a warning sign that further analysis is required of the situation. 2024-09-27T14:58:53Z 2024-09-27T14:58:53Z 2024-10 2024-09-27T14:58:53Z info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 1478-9515 https://hdl.handle.net/2445/215440 742717 eng Reproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1478951523000251 Palliative & Supportive Care, 2024, vol. 22, núm. 5, p. 1000–1008 https://doi.org/10.1017/S1478951523000251 cc by (c) Toro Pérez et al., 2024 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess 9 p. application/pdf Cambridge University Press (CUP) Articles publicats en revistes (Economia)