Resident duty hours: Families' knowledge and perceptions in the paediatric intensive care unit.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

Resident duty hours remain a controversial topic in the literature. Competing interests include patient safety, resident education, and resident well-being. No studies, however, have sought family members' perspectives on duty hours in the paediatric context. This study aimed to explore family members' knowledge of trainee duty hours, and their perspectives on the balance between shift duration and hand-off frequency.

Methods

We surveyed family members of patients admitted ≥ 24 hours in the paediatric intensive care unit at an academic center. We simultaneously collected daily logs of hours worked by trainees. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze survey responses and trainee duty hours.

Results

One-hundred and one family members respon

SUBMITTER: Gupta R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7606163 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature