• Access to paediatric palliative care in children and adolescents with complex chronic conditions: a retrospective hospital-based study in Brussels, BelgiumPeer reviewedClosed access 

      2019, Friedel, Marie; Gilson, Aurélie; Bouckenaere, Dominique; Brichard, Bénédicte; Fonteyne, Christine; Wojcik, Thomas; De Clercq, Etienne; Guillet, Alain; Mahboub, Alaa; Lahaye, Magali; Aujoulat, Isabelle, HE Léonard de Vinci
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      Paediatric complex chronic conditions (CCCs) are life-limiting conditions requiring paediatric palliative care, which, in Belgium, is provided through paediatric liaison teams (PLTs). Like the number of children and adolescents with these conditions in Belgium, their referral to PLTs is unknown. Objectives: The aim of the study was to identify, over a 5-year period (2010–2014), the number of children ...
    • Appropriate care at the end of lifePeer reviewedClosed access 

      22 décembre 2017, Van den Broeck, Kris; Schmitz, Olivier; Aujoulat, Isabelle; Mistiaen, Patriek; Friedel, Marie; Genet, Magalie; Ricour, Céline; Kohn, Laurence; Wens, Johan, HE Léonard de Vinci
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      Rapport du KCE sur les conditions de soins du patient en fin de vie
    • Building Bridges, Paediatric Palliative Care in Belgium: A secondary data analysis of annual paediatric liaison team reports from 2010 to 2014Peer reviewedClosed access 

      2018, Friedel, Marie; Brichard, Bénédicte; Fonteyne, Christine; Renard, Marleen; Misson, Jean-Paul; Vandecruys, Els; Tonon, Corinne; Verfaillie, Françoise; Hendrijckx, Georgette; Andersson, Nathalie; Ruysseveldt, Ilse; Moens, Katrien; Degryse, Jean-Marie; Aujoulat, Isabelle, HE Léonard de Vinci
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      BACKGROUND: Although continuity of care in paediatric palliative care (PPC) is considered to be an essential element of quality of care, it's implementation is challenging. In Belgium, five paediatric liaison teams (PLTs) deliver palliative care. A Royal Decree issued in 2010 provides the legal framework that defines the PLTs' missions, as ensuring continuity of curative and palliative care between ...
    • Face and Content Validity, Acceptability, and Feasibility of the Adapted Version of the Children's Palliative Outcome Scale: A Qualitative Pilot StudyPeer reviewedClosed access 

      2020, Friedel, Marie; Brichard, Bénédicte; Boonen, Sabine; Tonon, Corinne; De Terwangne, Brigitte; Bellis, Dominique; Mevisse, Murielle; Fonteyne, Christine; Jaspard, Maud; Schruse, Marie; Harding, Richard; Downing, Julia; Namisango, Eve; Degryse, Jean-Marie; Aujoulat, Isabelle, HE Léonard de Vinci
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      Objective: To assess the face and content validity, acceptability and feasibility of a French version of the Children’s Palliative Outcome Scale (CPOS). Background: Instruments in French used to measure outcomes in pediatric palliative care are lacking. Methods: After forward-backward translation of the 12-item English CPOS to French, we conducted a qualitative pilot study. During semi structured ...
    • Instruments to Measure Outcomes in Pediatric Palliative Care: A Systematic ReviewPeer reviewedClosed access 

      2019, Friedel, Marie; Aujoulat, Isabelle; Dubois, Anne-Catherine; Degryse, Jean-Marie, HE Léonard de Vinci
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      Pediatric palliative care (PPC) is intended to promote children's quality of life by using a family-centered approach. However, the measurement of this multidimensional outcome remains challenging. To review the instruments used to assess the impact of PPC interventions. Five databases (Embase, Scopus, The Cochrane Library, PsychInfo, Medline) were searched. Inclusion criteria were as follows: ...
    • Quel accès aux soins palliatifs pour les enfants porteurs d'une maladie chronique complexe en Belgique?Closed access 

      2020, Friedel, Marie; Aujoulat, Isabelle, HE Léonard de Vinci
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      Les maladies chroniques complexes (MCC) sont définies comme étant des conditions médicales avec une atteinte systémique sévère, nécessitant le recours à des hospitalisations pédiatriques et limitant l’espérance de vie (Feudtner et al., 2000). Une étude européenne (Håkanson et al., 2017) suggère que plus d’un tiers des enfants décédés en Belgique en 2008 l’étaient à cause de MCC. Les recommandations ...
    • Recensement d'un nombre d'enfants atteints d'une maladie chronique complexe en région de Bruxelles-Capitale (rapport final)Closed access 

      2018, Friedel, Marie; Aujoulat, Isabelle, HE Léonard de Vinci
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      Rapport et recensement du nombre d'enfants atteints de MCC en région Bruxelles-Capitale.