An international tool to measure perceived stressors in intensive care units: the PS-ICU scale.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The intensive care unit is increasingly recognized as a stressful environment for healthcare professionals. This context has an impact on the health of these professionals but also on the quality of their personal and professional life. However, there is currently no validated scale to measure specific stressors perceived by healthcare professionals in intensive care. The aim of this study was to construct and validate in three languages a perceived stressors scale more specific to intensive care units (ICU).

Results

We conducted a three-phase study between 2016 and 2019: (1) identification of stressors based on the verbatim of 165 nurses and physicians from 4 countries (Canada, France, Italy, and Spain). We identified 99 stressors, including those common to most

SUBMITTER: Laurent A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8036172 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature