Intensive care doctors and nurses personal preferences for Intensive Care, as compared to the general population: a discrete choice experiment.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To test the hypothesis that Intensive Care Unit (ICU) doctors and nurses differ in their personal preferences for treatment from the general population, and whether doctors and nurses make different choices when thinking about themselves, as compared to when they are treating a patient.

Methods

Cross sectional, observational study conducted in 13 ICUs in Australia in 2017 using a discrete choice experiment survey. Respondents completed a series of choice sets, based on hypothetical situations which varied in the severity or likelihood of: death, cognitive impairment, need for prolonged treatment, need for assistance with care or requiring residential care.

Results

A total of 980 ICU staff (233 doctors and 747 nurses) participated in the study. ICU staff pla

SUBMITTER: Anstey MH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8353726 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature