Integrating Social Determinants of Health in Critical Care.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Social determinants of health (SDOHs) mediate outcomes of critical illness. Increasingly, professional organizations recommend screening for social risks. Yet, how clinicians should identify and then incorporate SDOHs into acute care practice is poorly defined.

Research question

How do medical ICU clinicians currently operationalize SDOHs within patient care, given that SDOHs are known to mediate outcomes of critical illness?

Study design and methods

Using ethnographic methods, we observed clinical work rounds in three urban ICUs within a single academic health system to capture use of SDOHs during clinical care. Adults admitted to the medical ICU with respiratory failure were enrolled prospectively sequentially. Observers wrote field notes and narrative ex

SUBMITTER: Ramadurai D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11375804 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature