Teunissen, Nadine M;
Brendel, Julia;
Van Heurn, LW Ernest;
Ure, Benno;
Wijnen, Rene;
Eaton, Simon;
(2024)
Selection of Quality Indicators to Evaluate Quality of Care for Patients with Esophageal Atresia Using a Delphi Method.
European Journal of Pediatric Surgery
, 34
(5)
pp. 398-408.
10.1055/s-0043-1777100.
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Abstract
Objective: Survival of neonates with esophageal atresia (EA) is relatively high and stable, resulting in increased attention to optimizing care and longer-term morbidity. This study aimed to reach consensus on a quality indicator set for benchmarking EA care between hospitals, regions, or countries in a European clinical audit.// Methods: Using an online Delphi method, a panel of EA health care professionals and patient representatives rated potential outcome, structure, and process indicators for EA care identified through systematic literature and guideline review on a nine-point Likert scale in three questionnaires. Items were included based on predefined criteria. In rounds 2 and 3, participants were asked to select the five to ten most essential of the included indicators.// Results: An international panel of 14 patient representatives and 71 multidisciplinary health care professionals representing 41 European hospitals completed all questionnaires (response rate: 81%), eventually including 22 baseline characteristics and 32 indicators. After ranking, 10 indicators were prioritized by both stakeholder groups. In addition, each stakeholder group highly prioritized one additional indicator. Following an additional online vote by the other group, these were both added to the final set.// Conclusion: This study established a core indicator set of twenty-two baseline characteristics, eight outcome indicators, one structure indicator, and three process
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Selection of Quality Indicators to Evaluate Quality of Care for Patients with Esophageal Atresia Using a Delphi Method |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1055/s-0043-1777100 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0043-1777100 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | esophageal atresia, quality indicators, clinical audit |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health > Developmental Biology and Cancer Dept |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10178379 |
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