Nudging intensive care unit personnel towards sustainable behaviour.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The health care sector is among the most carbon-intensive sectors, contributing to societal problems like climate change. Previous research demonstrated that especially the use of personal protective equipment (e.g., aprons) in critical care contributes to this problem. To reduce personal protective equipment waste, new sustainable policies are needed. Policies are only effective if people comply.

Aim

Our aim is to examine whether compliance with sustainable policies in critical care can be increased through behavioural influencing. Specifically, we examined the effectiveness of two sets of nudges (i.e., a Prime + Visual prompt nudge and a Social norm nudge) on decreasing apron usage in an intensive care unit (ICU).

Study design

We conducted a field experim

SUBMITTER: Van Der Zee S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11783344 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature