Supportive interventions and their impact on pediatric health care professionals’ emotional well-being : A systematic literature review

• The aim of this systematic literature review was to describe interventions supporting pediatric health care professionals tomanage emotional strain when caring for children at the end-of-life. The review included five quantitative studies. Twocategories were identified within the results: 1) Supportive interventions with the subcategories of educationalinterventions, peer support for grief, intensive training course, peer supported storytelling, and debriefing sessions; and 2)Effects of interventions, with the subcategories of increased understanding, increased confidence, creating meaning, griefmanagement, and sense of well-being. Interventions that combine education and dialogue seem supportive, but debriefingmight have the most impact on health care professionals’ emotional well-being. Future research should focus ondeepening the understanding of the meaning of education and dialogue for health care professionals, further investigate theeffects of debriefing, and focus on educational training around existential issues.

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MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP  -- Hälsovetenskap -- Omvårdnad (hsv//swe)

MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES  -- Health Sciences -- Nursing (hsv//eng)

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Children

Health care staff

Nursing

Palliative care

Support

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