Psychological impact of working in paediatric intensive care. A UK-wide prevalence study.
burnout
intensive care
moral distress
paediatric staffing
post traumatic stress
Journal
Archives of disease in childhood
ISSN: 1468-2044
Titre abrégé: Arch Dis Child
Pays: England
ID NLM: 0372434
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
05 2020
05 2020
Historique:
received:
18
04
2019
revised:
27
08
2019
accepted:
07
11
2019
pubmed:
23
11
2019
medline:
31
7
2020
entrez:
23
11
2019
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
To determine the prevalence of work-related psychological distress in staff working in UK paediatric intensive care units (PICU). Online (Qualtrics) staff questionnaire, conducted April to May 2018. Staff working in 29 PICUs and 10 PICU transport services were invited to participate. 1656 staff completed the survey: 1194 nurses, 270 physicians and 192 others. 234 (14%) respondents were male. Median age was 35 (IQR 28-44). The Moral Distress Scale-Revised (MDS-R) was used to look at moral distress, the abbreviated Maslach Burnout Inventory to examine the depersonalisation and emotional exhaustion domains of burnout, and the Trauma Screening Questionnaire (TSQ) to assess risk of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). 435/1194 (36%) nurses, 48/270 (18%) physicians and 19/192 (10%) other staff scored above the study threshold for moral distress (≥90 on MDS-R) (χ These results suggest that UK PICU staff are experiencing work-related distress. Further studies are needed to understand causation and to develop strategies for prevention and treatment.
Identifiants
pubmed: 31753832
pii: archdischild-2019-317439
doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2019-317439
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Multicenter Study
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
470-475Informations de copyright
© Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2020. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Competing interests: None declared.