Estimating the Global Need for Palliative Care for Children

Completed

Conditions studied: Cancer, Congenital Anomalies, Cardiovascular Disease, HIV

In brief

A cross-sectional analysis of prevalence data from a stratified sample of 23 countries used to estimate the global need for palliative care for children aged 0-19 years. Prevalence data, from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, was for 12 major diagnostic groups needing children's palliative care according to WHO and UNICEF guidelines.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02553148

Run by

International Children's Palliative Care Network

People needed

18837613

Starts

2014-06-01

Expected to finish

2015-10-01

Last updated by the study team

2016-02-23

Who can join

Age: any, up to 19. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• have one of the conditions above

You may not qualify if…

• greater than 19 years of age

Where it is running

• International Children's Palliative Care Network — Fairfax Station, Virginia, United States

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