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| Title |
The aftermath of adverse events in Spanish primary care and hospital health professionals
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| Published in |
BMC Health Services Research, April 2015
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12913-015-0790-7 |
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| Authors |
José Joaquín Mira, Irene Carrillo, Susana Lorenzo, Lena Ferrús, Carmen Silvestre, Pastora Pérez-Pérez, Guadalupe Olivera, Fuencisla Iglesias, Elena Zavala, José Ángel Maderuelo-Fernández, Julián Vitaller, Roberto Nuño-Solinís, Pilar Astier, on behalf of the Research Group on Second and Third Victims |
| Abstract |
Adverse events (AEs) cause harm in patients and disturbance for the professionals involved in the event (second victims). This study assessed the impact of AEs in primary care (PC) and hospitals in Spain on second victims. A cross-sectional study was conducted. We carried out a survey based on a random sample of doctors and nurses from PC and hospital settings in Spain. A total of 1087 health professionals responded, 610 from PC and 477 from hospitals. A total of 430 health professionals (39.6%) had informed a patient of an error. Reporting to patients was carried out by those with the strongest safety culture (Odds Ratio -OR- 1.1, 95% Confidence Interval -CI- 1.0-1.2), nurses (OR 1.9, 95% CI 1.5-2.3), those under 50 years of age (OR 0.7, 95% CI 0.6-0.9) and primary care staff (OR 0.6, 95% CI 0.5-0.9). A total of 381 (62.5%, 95% CI 59-66%) and 346 (72.5%, IC95% 69-77%) primary care and hospital health professionals, respectively, reported having gone through the second-victim experience, either directly or through a colleague, in the previous 5 years. The emotional responses were: feelings of guilt (521, 58.8%), anxiety (426, 49.6%), re-living the event (360, 42.2%), tiredness (341, 39.4%), insomnia (317, 38.0%) and persistent feelings of insecurity (284, 32.8%). In doctors, the most common responses were: feelings of guilt (OR 0.7 IC95% 0.6-0.8), re-living the event (OR 0.7, IC95% o.6-0.8), and anxiety (OR 0.8, IC95% 0.6-0.9), while nurses showed greater solidarity in terms of supporting the second victim, in both PC (p = 0.019) and hospital (p = 0.019) settings. Adverse events cause guilt, anxiety, and loss of confidence in health professionals. Most are involved in such events as second victims at least once in their careers. They rarely receive any training or education on coping strategies for this phenomenon. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 31 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Spain | 16 | 52% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 3% |
| Argentina | 1 | 3% |
| Unknown | 13 | 42% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 28 | 90% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 2 | 6% |
| Scientists | 1 | 3% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 206 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Spain | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 205 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 30 | 15% |
| Researcher | 23 | 11% |
| Student > Bachelor | 17 | 8% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 12 | 6% |
| Professor | 11 | 5% |
| Other | 41 | 20% |
| Unknown | 72 | 35% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing and Health Professions | 51 | 25% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 36 | 17% |
| Psychology | 6 | 3% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 5 | 2% |
| Social Sciences | 5 | 2% |
| Other | 20 | 10% |
| Unknown | 83 | 40% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 35. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 09 September 2021.
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#1,161,872
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#310
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#14,350
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#4
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