Tag: stress
Using music to stabilize NICU babies as well as their parents
When music therapist Christine Vaskas works with babies in the neonatal intensive care unit, the effect of her interventions are almost always immediately apparent. In 2013, a study led by Joanne Loewy, the Armstrong Center's... read more
Physician Well-Being: The Reciprocity of Efficiency, Resilience, Wellness Culture
The quality and safety of patient care, and indeed the very vitality of our health care systems, depend heavily on high-functioning physicians. Yet recent data have revealed an extraordinarily high - and increasing - prevalence... read more
Doctors’ Mental Health at Tipping Point
Patients rely on doctors to look after their mental health but is enough being done to help the doctors when they are the ones with problems? There are concerns that some medical professionals in England are unable to get... read more
Measuring Sleep in the Intensive Care Unit: A Critical Appraisal of the Use of Subjective Methods
Research using questionnaires to assess sleep is commonplace in light of practical barriers to polysomnography or other measures of sleep. A methodologically sound approach to tool development and testing is crucial to gather... read more
Perspectives on Strained ICU Capacity: A Survey of Critical Care Professionals
Strained intensive care unit (ICU) capacity represents a supply-demand mismatch in ICU care. Limited data have explored health care worker (HCW) perceptions of strain. Strained capacity is perceived as common among inter-professional... read more
Evaluation of Stressors in ICUs
The environmental and psychological factors affecting intensive care unit patients varied according to age, sex, and educational and surgical status. These factors had adverse effects on the patients. The elimination or modification... read more
Music Helps Prevent Delirium in Elderly Critical Care Patients
A randomized controlled trial demonstrates that music intervention to prevent delirium among older patients is one of few strategies that provide support in a critical care setting. This study builds on non-pharmacologic... read more
Quality and Quantity of Sleep and Factors Associated With Sleep Disturbance in Hospitalized Patients
This study demonstrated that the duration and quality of sleep in hospitalized patients were significantly affected and revealed many potentially modifiable hospital-related factors negatively associated with sleep. Raising... read more
Providing Psychological Support to People in Intensive Care
The Provision Of Psychological support to People in Intensive Care (POPPI) psychological intervention to reduce acute patient stress in critical care and prevent future psychological morbidity was feasible and acceptable.... read more
I Had PTSD After a Critical Illness. Apparently That’s Fairly Common
The emotional trauma of a near-death experience causes ongoing emotional and physical symptoms in one-third of ICU patients. PICS doesn't have a time limitation and can be triggered by almost anything. I was suddenly anxious... read more
Auditory Icon Alarms Are More Accurately and Quickly Identified than Current Standard Melodic Alarms in a Simulated Clinical Setting
Under our simulated conditions, anesthesia providers more correctly and quickly identified icon alarms than standard alarms. Subjects were more likely to perceive higher fatigue and task load when using current standard alarms... read more
Flexible Versus Restrictive Visiting Policies in ICUs
Flexible ICU visiting hours have the potential to reduce delirium and anxiety symptoms among patients and to improve family members' satisfaction. However, they may be associated with an increased risk of burnout among ICU... read more
Study examines risks of physician burnout
Medical errors contribute to an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 deaths per year, according to the Institute of Medicine. Burnout — defined as emotional exhaustion or depersonalization — occurs in more than half of doctors,... read more
Beyond Bleeps and Alarms: Live Music by the Bedside in the ICU
Live music by the bedside is an additional, simple and inexpensive factor in the open ICU, aiming at reducing the incidence of delirium and transform the critical care setting into a more familiar and domestic environment.... read more
