Research Article: ITV-Pal programme: protocol of evaluation of the implementation of tech-volunteer programme in palliative care services
Abstract:
Introduction Volunteer support for patients and families at the end of life provides many benefits for the beneficiaries. New technologies could be a necessary resource in the accompaniment although, if there is little literature on palliative care volunteering in general, specifically on volunteering and new technologies, we find little information on the subject. Therefore, the aim of this study is to implement and evaluate a training program for palliative care volunteers using new technologies in order to begin accompanying patients and families in hospital or at home. Methods and analysis A mixed-method study design will be conducted. We will recruit 20 volunteers and 70 patients in two years. Intervention: training of volunteers in new technologies and volunteer accompaniment of patients/relatives using technologies. The control group will accompany patients as usual. Ethics and dissemination Ethics approval for the ITV-Pal Programme project was granted by the Malaga Regional Research Ethics Committee. As new knowledge is gained from this project, findings will be disseminated through publications, presentations and feedback to clinicians who are participating in this study. Trial registration number NCT04900103 .
Introduction:
How we care for the dying is perhaps the most pressing personal, social and public health issue of the 21st century. The experience of dying as an integral and acknowledged part of individual life, supported by the very best personalised care, is currently far from being standard practice in Europe and beyond. 1 Furthermore, it is estimated that by 2050, one in five people in the world will be over the age of 60 1 with an estimated 52?million people expected to die worldwide in 2030 from chronic diseases such as…
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