0000000000105266
AUTHOR
Maria Cruz Martin Delgado
Development of a scale of perceived stressors specific to ICU: the PS-ICU scale
International audience
Identification of stress factors in intensive care units: Is a specific stress scale necessary?
International audience; Background: Intensive care units (ICUs) are a health environment particularly affected by suffering at work. These units treat patients with serious medical conditions with an immediate life-threatening risk in an emergency situation. As a result, caregivers are confronted intensively and repeatedly with an extreme clinic. Currently, many tools used to assess caregiver stress are not as close as possible to the professional experience and do not take into account the subjective perception of stressors. The objective of this qualitative study is to rely directly on the way professionals perceive their work, and to identify the specificity of stress factors in ICU. Met…