Provider-identified barriers to performance at seven Nigerian accident & emergency units: A cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Nigeria hosts much of Africa's morbidity and mortality from emergency medical conditions. We surveyed providers at seven Nigerian Accident & Emergency (A&E) units about (i) their unit's ability to manage six major types of emergency medical condition (sentinel conditions) and (ii) barriers to performing key functions (signal functions) to manage sentinel conditions. Here, we present our analysis of provider-reported barriers to signal function performance.

Methods

503 Health Providers at 7 A&E units, across 7 states, were surveyed using a modified African Federation of Emergency Medicine (AFEM) Emergency Care Assessment Tool (ECAT). Providers indicating suboptimal performance ascribed this performance to any of eight multiple-choice barriers [infrastructural issue

SUBMITTER: Muhammad MI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10202278 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature