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Healthcare Students and Medical Residents as Second Victims: A Cross-Sectional Study
Background: The term second victim (SV) describes healthcare professionals who remain traumatized after being involved in a patient safety incident (PSI). They can experience various emotional, psychological, and physical symptoms. The phenomenon is quite common; it has been estimated that half of h...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9564455/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36231520 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191912218 |
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author | Rinaldi, Carmela Ratti, Matteo Russotto, Sophia Seys, Deborah Vanhaecht, Kris Panella, Massimiliano |
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description | Background: The term second victim (SV) describes healthcare professionals who remain traumatized after being involved in a patient safety incident (PSI). They can experience various emotional, psychological, and physical symptoms. The phenomenon is quite common; it has been estimated that half of hospital workers will be an SV at least once in their career. Because recent literature has reported high prevalence (>30%) among nursing students, we studied the phenomenon among the whole population of healthcare students. Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study with an online questionnaire among nursing students, medical students, and resident physicians at the teaching hospital of the University of the Piemonte Orientale located in Novara, Italy. The study included 387 individuals: 128 nursing students, 174 medical students, and 85 residents. Results: We observed an overall PSI prevalence rate of 25.58% (lowest in medical students, 14.37%; highest in residents, 43.53%). Of these, 62.63% experienced symptoms typical of an SV. The most common temporary symptom was the feeling of working badly (51.52%), whereas the most common lasting symptom was hypervigilance (51.52%). Notably, none of the resident physicians involved in a PSI spoke to the patient or the patient’s relatives. Conclusion: Our findings highlighted the risk incurred by healthcare students of becoming an SV, with a possible significant impact on their future professional and personal lives. Therefore, we suggest that academic institutions should play a more proactive role in providing support to those involved in a PSI. |
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spelling | pubmed-95644552022-10-15 Healthcare Students and Medical Residents as Second Victims: A Cross-Sectional Study Rinaldi, Carmela Ratti, Matteo Russotto, Sophia Seys, Deborah Vanhaecht, Kris Panella, Massimiliano Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Background: The term second victim (SV) describes healthcare professionals who remain traumatized after being involved in a patient safety incident (PSI). They can experience various emotional, psychological, and physical symptoms. The phenomenon is quite common; it has been estimated that half of hospital workers will be an SV at least once in their career. Because recent literature has reported high prevalence (>30%) among nursing students, we studied the phenomenon among the whole population of healthcare students. Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study with an online questionnaire among nursing students, medical students, and resident physicians at the teaching hospital of the University of the Piemonte Orientale located in Novara, Italy. The study included 387 individuals: 128 nursing students, 174 medical students, and 85 residents. Results: We observed an overall PSI prevalence rate of 25.58% (lowest in medical students, 14.37%; highest in residents, 43.53%). Of these, 62.63% experienced symptoms typical of an SV. The most common temporary symptom was the feeling of working badly (51.52%), whereas the most common lasting symptom was hypervigilance (51.52%). Notably, none of the resident physicians involved in a PSI spoke to the patient or the patient’s relatives. Conclusion: Our findings highlighted the risk incurred by healthcare students of becoming an SV, with a possible significant impact on their future professional and personal lives. Therefore, we suggest that academic institutions should play a more proactive role in providing support to those involved in a PSI. MDPI 2022-09-26 /pmc/articles/PMC9564455/ /pubmed/36231520 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191912218 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Rinaldi, Carmela Ratti, Matteo Russotto, Sophia Seys, Deborah Vanhaecht, Kris Panella, Massimiliano Healthcare Students and Medical Residents as Second Victims: A Cross-Sectional Study |
title | Healthcare Students and Medical Residents as Second Victims: A Cross-Sectional Study |
title_full | Healthcare Students and Medical Residents as Second Victims: A Cross-Sectional Study |
title_fullStr | Healthcare Students and Medical Residents as Second Victims: A Cross-Sectional Study |
title_full_unstemmed | Healthcare Students and Medical Residents as Second Victims: A Cross-Sectional Study |
title_short | Healthcare Students and Medical Residents as Second Victims: A Cross-Sectional Study |
title_sort | healthcare students and medical residents as second victims: a cross-sectional study |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9564455/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36231520 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191912218 |
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