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Peer support: A needs assessment for social support from trained peers in response to stress among medical physicists
PURPOSE: Previous studies suggest that within radiation oncology, medical physicists (MP) experience high workloads. Little is known about how MPs use social support (SS) in times of stress. METHODS: In collaboration with the Workgroup on Prevention of Medical Error, the American Association of Phys...
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2019
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6753865/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31355990 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/acm2.12675 |
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author | Johnson, Jennifer Ford, Eric Yu, James Buckey, Courtney Fogh, Shannon Evans, Suzanne B. |
author_facet | Johnson, Jennifer Ford, Eric Yu, James Buckey, Courtney Fogh, Shannon Evans, Suzanne B. |
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description | PURPOSE: Previous studies suggest that within radiation oncology, medical physicists (MP) experience high workloads. Little is known about how MPs use social support (SS) in times of stress. METHODS: In collaboration with the Workgroup on Prevention of Medical Error, the American Association of Physicists in Medicine administered this Human Investigation Committee (HIC) approved email survey to 8566 members. Respondents were considered likely to seek SS if they answered (probably/definitely would) and unlikely to seek support if they answered (probably/definitely would not). Logistic regression was applied to determine associations between demographic factors and willingness to seek support as well as perception of barriers. RESULTS: One thousand two hundred and ninety‐seven members (15.1%) accessed and gave consent for the survey. One thousand and one (11.7%) respondents answered all relevant questions. Respondents were predominantly male (69.1%), MP in radiation oncology (81.8%), private practice (51.6%), with practice duration> 10 yr (60.2%). MPs were likely to seek SS for personal physical illness (78.63%), involvement in a medical error (73.94%) or adverse patient outcome (75.17%). MPs sought SS in the setting of personal fatigue (33.2%) or burnout (44.3%). Barriers to seeking SS were lack of time (80.3%), and uncertainty about whom to access (70.7%). MPs responded that they would be most likely to seek support from an equally experienced medical physicist colleague (81.0%). Most MPs (67.0%) identified as having experienced stressors, with serious family illness (35.2%), or burnout (32.8%) being most common. Factors associated with MPs unwillingness to seek SS for medical error included> 20 yr in practice (vs still in training — OR 0.30, P = 0.015), and male gender (OR 0.60, P = 0.003). Male gender was associated with the lowest willingness to seek support (OR 2.10, P = 0.0001), but also with fewer perceived barriers (OR 1.60, P = 0.0075). CONCLUSION: Willingness to seek SS is demonstrated, and MPs want colleagues to provide support. Given these results, peer support could be considered among MPs. |
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spelling | pubmed-67538652019-09-23 Peer support: A needs assessment for social support from trained peers in response to stress among medical physicists Johnson, Jennifer Ford, Eric Yu, James Buckey, Courtney Fogh, Shannon Evans, Suzanne B. J Appl Clin Med Phys Management and Profession PURPOSE: Previous studies suggest that within radiation oncology, medical physicists (MP) experience high workloads. Little is known about how MPs use social support (SS) in times of stress. METHODS: In collaboration with the Workgroup on Prevention of Medical Error, the American Association of Physicists in Medicine administered this Human Investigation Committee (HIC) approved email survey to 8566 members. Respondents were considered likely to seek SS if they answered (probably/definitely would) and unlikely to seek support if they answered (probably/definitely would not). Logistic regression was applied to determine associations between demographic factors and willingness to seek support as well as perception of barriers. RESULTS: One thousand two hundred and ninety‐seven members (15.1%) accessed and gave consent for the survey. One thousand and one (11.7%) respondents answered all relevant questions. Respondents were predominantly male (69.1%), MP in radiation oncology (81.8%), private practice (51.6%), with practice duration> 10 yr (60.2%). MPs were likely to seek SS for personal physical illness (78.63%), involvement in a medical error (73.94%) or adverse patient outcome (75.17%). MPs sought SS in the setting of personal fatigue (33.2%) or burnout (44.3%). Barriers to seeking SS were lack of time (80.3%), and uncertainty about whom to access (70.7%). MPs responded that they would be most likely to seek support from an equally experienced medical physicist colleague (81.0%). Most MPs (67.0%) identified as having experienced stressors, with serious family illness (35.2%), or burnout (32.8%) being most common. Factors associated with MPs unwillingness to seek SS for medical error included> 20 yr in practice (vs still in training — OR 0.30, P = 0.015), and male gender (OR 0.60, P = 0.003). Male gender was associated with the lowest willingness to seek support (OR 2.10, P = 0.0001), but also with fewer perceived barriers (OR 1.60, P = 0.0075). CONCLUSION: Willingness to seek SS is demonstrated, and MPs want colleagues to provide support. Given these results, peer support could be considered among MPs. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2019-07-29 /pmc/articles/PMC6753865/ /pubmed/31355990 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/acm2.12675 Text en © 2019 The Authors. Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. on behalf of American Association of Physicists in Medicine. This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Management and Profession Johnson, Jennifer Ford, Eric Yu, James Buckey, Courtney Fogh, Shannon Evans, Suzanne B. Peer support: A needs assessment for social support from trained peers in response to stress among medical physicists |
title | Peer support: A needs assessment for social support from trained peers in response to stress among medical physicists |
title_full | Peer support: A needs assessment for social support from trained peers in response to stress among medical physicists |
title_fullStr | Peer support: A needs assessment for social support from trained peers in response to stress among medical physicists |
title_full_unstemmed | Peer support: A needs assessment for social support from trained peers in response to stress among medical physicists |
title_short | Peer support: A needs assessment for social support from trained peers in response to stress among medical physicists |
title_sort | peer support: a needs assessment for social support from trained peers in response to stress among medical physicists |
topic | Management and Profession |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6753865/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31355990 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/acm2.12675 |
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