Decision Conflicts in Clinical Care during COVID-19: A Multi-Perspective Inquiry.

ABSTRACT: Background: The early COVID-19-pandemic was characterized by changes in decision making, decision-relevant value systems and the related perception of decisional uncertainties and conflicts resulting in decisional burden and stress. The vulnerability of clinical care professionals to these decisional dilemmas has not been characterized yet. Methods: A cross-sectional questionnaire study (540 patients, 322 physicians and 369 nurses in 11 institutions throughout Germany) was carried out. The inclusion criterion was active involvement in clinical treatment or decision making in oncology or psychiatry during the first year of COVID-19. The questionnaires covered five decision dimensions (conflicts and uncertainty, resources, risk perception, perception of consequences for clinica

SUBMITTER: Haier J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9602416 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature