Table 1 Average and standard deviation in descending order per category of the SWOT analysis.
From: Evaluation of a perinatal palliative care program by SWOT analysis
Attributes | Average | SD | |
|---|---|---|---|
Strengths | Ability to communicate the diagnosis in an understandable and transparent manner to parents | 4.72 | 0.57 |
Willingness to listen to and involve parents in shared decision-making | 4.48 | 0.85 | |
Presence of a multi-disciplinary team | 4.09 | 0.73 | |
Ongoing training and education of the PG team | 4.04 | 0.71 | |
Expertise in perinatal palliative care | 3.17 | 0.94 | |
Weaknesses | Lack of providers’ communication to parents about the PG pathway | 4.17 | 0.98 |
Lack of knowledge of the presence and role of the PG in the hospital | 4.09 | 1.00 | |
Lack of time | 3.83 | 1.23 | |
Inadequate dedicated and private space for parents | 3.83 | 1.37 | |
Lack of standardized guidelines | 2.96 | 0.93 | |
Opportunities | Innovative choice available to women who elect to continue their pregnancy | 4.39 | 0.94 |
Unique opportunity for families given the lack of similar pathways in the Italian context | 3.70 | 0.97 | |
Threats | Lack of or delayed referral to the PG team | 4.39 | 0.94 |
Lack of knowledge about perinatal palliative care | 4.33 | 0.97 | |
Misunderstanding of the role of palliative care | 4.26 | 0.96 | |
Lack of funding to support the PG | 3.61 | 0.98 |
