Pediatric anesthesia & critical care
Designing a national pediatric critical care database: a Delphi consensus study
Authors' conclusion
We present the methodological framework used to select data elements by consensus for a national pediatric critical care database, with participation from a diverse stakeholder group of experts and caregivers from all PICUs in Canada.
Study context
- Population
- PICU health care professionals, allied health professionals, caregivers and other stakeholders from Canadian pediatric intensive care units (PICUs)of 86 invited
- Participants
- 68 professionals
- Outcome
- Common data elements selected by consensus for a national pediatric critical care database
Methodological detailsmulticentre, three rounds, Conducted March to June 2021
- Multicentre
- Three rounds
- Conducted March to June 2021
Recommendations
As reported in the abstract
Data elements included by consensus · After three rounds
- Data elements included, from six domains (mostly clinical status and complex PICU interventions)
- 72
Further findings
Survey response rates by Delphi round
- Round one response
- 62 (91%)
- Round two response
- 61 (90%)
- Round three response
- 55 (81%)
Sociodemographic variables
- Race, gender and home region included by consensus
- Minority status, indigenous status, primary language and ethnicity not included
Original publication
Designing a national pediatric critical care database: a Delphi consensus study. Can J Anaesth. Published 22 May 2023. doi:10.
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