Health-related quality of life of nursing professionals and medications erros in intensive care units / Qualidade de vida relacionada à saúde de profissionais de enfermagem e erros de medicação em unidades de terapia intensiva

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2009

RESUMO

This cross-sectional study aimed to characterize the medication errors reported by the nursing professionals who work in ICU; to compare the socio-demographic data of the labor and the health-related quality of life (HRQL) of professionals involved and not involved with medication errors in ICU; and to check whether the domains of HRQL are independent factors associated with medication errors in ICUs. We studied 94 nursing professionals in three ICUs (two adult and one pediatric) in a private hospital in the city of Sao Paulo, with 39 nurses (41.5%) and 55 nursing technicians (58.5%). Socio-demographic data of the labor and the ones related to medication errors were recorded in separate instruments. The HRQL was assessed with the Portuguese version of the SF-36 instrument. The professionals were compared in two groups, according to the report of having committed or not medication errors in the four weeks preceding the survey. Univariable and multiple logistic regressions were used to analyze the relationship between the variables. Most practitioners were female (79.8%) with average age of 33 years (SD = 6.45), married or with partner (52.1%). The per capita income was R$ 2024.95 (SD = 1625.00), 52.1% had only one job. Among the 18 practitioners who reported having committed error, six were nurses and 12 were nursing technicians. There was notification of the error in 61.1% of the cases. The most frequent errors were the ones of the administration stage (67.8%). Among those who committed errors, all of the SF-36 scores were significantly lower. In multiple analysis, the domain Emotional Aspects and the work shifts of the afternoon and night showed significant association with medication errors as factors of protection. The results of this study provide subsidies for the adoption of institutional measures specifically targeted to the needs of nursing professionals, thus contributing to a safer care of patients

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condições de saúde intensive care unit erros de medicação unidades de terapia intensiva medication errors quality of life nursing professionals health status profissionais de enfermagem qualidade de vida

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