Efficacy of a Mindfulness-Based Intervention in Ameliorating Inattentional Blindness Amongst Young Neurosurgeons: A Prospective, Controlled Pilot Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Human factors are increasingly being recognised as vital components of safe surgical care. One such human cognitive factor: inattention blindness (IB), describes the inability to perceive objects despite being visible, typically when one's attention is focused on another task. This may contribute toward operative 'never-events' such as retained foreign objects and wrong-site surgery.

Methods

An 8-week, mindfulness-based intervention (MBI) programme, adapted for surgeons, was delivered virtually. Neurosurgical trainees and recent staff-appointees who completed the MBI were compared against a control group, matched in age, sex and grade. Attention and IB were tested using two operative videos. In each, participants were first instructed to focus on a specific part o

SUBMITTER: Pandit AS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9122266 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature