From: The aftermath of adverse events in Spanish primary care and hospital health professionals
Primary care | Hospital | |||||||||
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Doctors (N = 332) | Nurses (N = 265) | Doctors (N = 209) | Nurses (N = 230) | |||||||
In the case that you or a colleague has been involved in a serious adverse event, indicate the frequency of the following responses | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | P= | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | P= |
Feeling dazed/confusion/difficulty concentrating on work, in the days after an adverse event | 2.3 | 0.8 | 2.0 | 0.8 | 0.000 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 0.086 |
Feelings of guilt | 2.9 | 0.7 | 2.5 | 0.8 | 0.000 | 2.7 | 0.8 | 2.9 | 0.9 | 0.003 |
Pessimism about life/sadness | 2.2 | 0.8 | 2.0 | 0.8 | 0.001 | 2.1 | 0.7 | 2.2 | 0.9 | 0.382 |
Tiredness | 2.5 | 0.8 | 2.2 | 0.8 | 0.000 | 2.3 | 0.8 | 2.3 | 0.9 | 0.709 |
Anxiety | 2.7 | 0.8 | 2.4 | 0.9 | 0.001 | 2.4 | 0.8 | 2.6 | 0.9 | 0.075 |
Insomnia/trouble sleeping well | 2.5 | 0.8 | 2.2 | 0.8 | 0.005 | 2.2 | 0.8 | 2.4 | 0.9 | 0.084 |
Re-living the event, again and again | 2.6 | 0.8 | 2.2 | 0.8 | 0.000 | 2.3 | 0.8 | 2.5 | 0.9 | 0.187 |
Anger and mood swings at work | 2.1 | 0.7 | 1.9 | 0.7 | 0.029 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 2.0 | 0.8 | 0.847 |
Anger and mood swings at home | 2.2 | 0.7 | 2.0 | 0.8 | 0.005 | 2.1 | 0.7 | 2.1 | 0.8 | 0.772 |
Constant doubts about what to do and whether clinical decisions are correct | 2.4 | 0.7 | 2.1 | 0.7 | 0.000 | 2.2 | 0.7 | 2.3 | 0.8 | 0.165 |
Concern about loss of standing among colleagues | 1.6 | 0.6 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 0.806 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 0.008 |
Concern about loss of standing among patients | 1.9 | 0.6 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 0.020 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 0.003 |
Questioning whether to leave the profession | 1.8 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 0.000 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 0.456 |
Response options for all items from 1 (never) to 4 (always) |