Suitability of therapeutic effort in paediatric intensive care units: Opinion and attitude of professionals.

Enfermería intensiva
R López-SánchezAna García-Pozo

Abstract

To determine the opinion and describe the attitude of different health professionals on suitability of therapeutic effort. Multi-centre, cross-sectional observational study carried out with nurses and doctors who work in the paediatric intensive care units of four hospitals in the Madrid region. A self-administered questionnaire, previously piloted to assess its viability, was used and a sealed box was set up at the nursing station to hand it in. The analysis was performed using SPSS 21.0 software. The 98.9% of the respondents were in favour of suitability of therapeutic effort. Doctors consider that the decision is made with the agreement of the multidisciplinary staff and the child's parents (48.8%). Of the nurses, 51.1% believe that the decision is made by agreement with the doctors and parents. Of the nurses, 65.5% state that they are never asked about decision-making for their patients. Of the doctors, 75% are always or almost always asked. Fifty-seven percent of the nurses and 83% of the doctors feel capable of making decisions about suitability of therapeutic effort. Of the professionals, 77.2% believe that suitability is used less often than required. There are differences between doctors and nurses both in the percepti...Continue Reading

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