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Pilot-testing a Perinatal Palliative Care Intervention Program
Sponsor: Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Summary
The objective of this pilot trial is to implement a new perinatal palliative care intervention program tailored to the Flemish context, which aims to provide care to parents who receive a severe foetal/neonatal diagnosis for their (unborn) child and to their healthcare providers. Additionally, we aim to evaluate the feasibility and preliminary effectiveness by comparing measured variables to the baseline measurement done in the same hospital wards beforehand.
Official title: Testing a Perinatal Palliative Care Intervention Program Within Standard Perinatal Healthcare: Pilot Testing Protocol
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
20
Start Date
2025-05-18
Completion Date
2025-12
Last Updated
2025-09-22
Healthy Volunteers
No
Interventions
Perinatal palliative care
Intervention group will receive specialized perinatal palliative care support from moment of severe perinatal diagnosis. This intervention is aimed at 5 major care components, namely 1. Support offered by a fixed perinatal palliative care team, 2. that team has received specialized perinatal palliative care training, 3. care is structured within a new perinatal palliative care approach or pathway, including fixed means of communication with team members, 4. psychological support is structurally being offered to parents and healthcare providers, and 5. debriefings after every perinatal death are being organized in the involved team.
Locations (2)
UZ Brussels
Brussels, Belgium
UZ Gent
Ghent, Belgium