CritCom: assessment of quality of interdisciplinary communication around deterioration in pediatric oncologic patients.

ABSTRACT:

Background

High-quality clinical care requires excellent interdisciplinary communication, especially during emergencies, and no tools exist to evaluate communication in critical care. We describe the development of a pragmatic tool focusing on interdisciplinary communication during patient deterioration (CritCom).

Methods

The preliminary CritCom tool was developed after a literature review and consultation with a multidisciplinary panel of global experts in communication, pediatric oncology, and critical care to review the domains and establish content validity iteratively. Face and linguistic validity were established through cognitive interviews, translation, and linguistic synthesis. We conducted a pilot study among an international group of clinicians to establish reliab

SUBMITTER: Rivera J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10598383 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature