| Literature DB >> 32779871 |
Carlo Alfredo Clerici1,2, Andrea Ferrari3, Emilia Pecori4, Barbara Diletto4, Ombretta Alessandro4, Elena Pagani Bagliacca3, Laura Veneroni3, Marta Giorgia Podda3, Andrea Poli5, Eleonora Boni6, Patrizia Gasparini7, Gabriele Carabelli8, Sarah Frasca8, Maura Massimino3, Lorenza Gandola4.
Abstract
A standardized multidisciplinary step-by-step approach to improve the compliance of young (or difficult) children having to undergo radiotherapy was described and applied. The procedure is called SIESTA, which stands for show-imagination-evaluation-support-treatment-anesthesia. Preliminary assessments suggest that the SIESTA approach was effective: the rate of young patients (≤6 years) requiring anesthesia decreased from 27% (14/52 cases) in 2011-2012 (before the procedure was adopted) to 13% (6/46) in 2018.Entities:
Keywords: compliance; multidisciplinary approach; radiotherapy; sedation; therapeutic alliance; young children
Year: 2020 PMID： 32779871 DOI： 10.1002/pbc.28650
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Pediatr Blood Cancer ISSN： 1545-5009 Impact factor: 3.167