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Record W4385446440 · doi:10.4212/cjhp.3401

Emotional Impact of Medication-Related Patient Safety Incidents on Canadian Hospital Pharmacists: A Mixed-Methods Study

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Mikaela Ney, Christine S. Landry, Melanie Trinacty, Mélanie Joanisse, Carolanne Caron

Bibliographic record

VenueThe Canadian Journal of Hospital Pharmacy · 2023
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldHealth Professions
TopicPatient Safety and Medication Errors
Canadian institutionsMontfort HospitalOttawa Hospital
Fundersnot available
KeywordsMedical emergencyMedicineFamily medicineNursing

Abstract

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Background: Patient safety incidents are the third leading cause of death in Canada. These occurrences have negative effects on patients and on the well-being of health care professionals. They also lead to financial burdens on the health care system. Several organizations focus on minimizing patient safety incidents; however, an area requiring additional research is evaluating the emotional impact of medicationrelated patient safety incidents (MRPSIs) on Canadian hospital pharmacists. An MRPSI is a preventable, unintended outcome resulting from medication management rather than an underlying disease. The consequences may be no harm, temporary harm, prolonged hospital stay, disability, or death. Objectives: To describe the psychological burden on pharmacists after occurrence of an MRPSI and to identify supportive strategies. Methods: This mixed-methods study involved a voluntary survey of hospital pharmacists and structured individual interviews. Survey respondents scored their emotional distress on the Impact of Event Scale (IES), a validated self-reporting tool used to assess the impact of traumatic life events. Interviewees’ responses were analyzed qualitatively. Results: Of the 128 pharmacists who had experienced an MRPSI and submitted a complete survey response, 105 (82%) had a score above 8 on the IES, indicating that the MRPSI had an important impact. Commonly reported factors contributing to MRPSIs were heavy workload, interruptions, and inexperience. The most desired support strategies included talking to a colleague, compassionate notification of the event through management, and involvement in team debriefs. Conclusions: The emotional impact of MRPSIs as reported by Canadian hospital pharmacists is significant. Most participants felt that increased support is needed to overcome emotional burdens related to MRPSIs. RÉSUMÉ Contexte : Les incidents liés à la sécurité des patients sont la troisième cause de décès au Canada. Ces événements ont des effets négatifs sur les patients et sur le bien-être des professionnels de la santé. Ils entraînent en outre des charges financières pour le système de santé. Plusieurs organismes se concentrent sur la réduction de ces incidents; cependant, l’évaluation de l’effet émotionnel des incidents liés à la sécurité des patients découlant des médicaments (ci-après « les incidents ») sur les pharmaciens hospitaliers canadiens est un domaine qui nécessite des recherches supplémentaires. Un incident est un résultat évitable et imprévu résultant de la gestion des médicaments plutôt que d’une maladie sousjacente. Les conséquences peuvent être l’absence de préjudice, un préjudice temporaire, un séjour prolongé à l’hôpital, une invalidité ou la mort. Objectifs : Décrire le fardeau psychologique des pharmaciens dans un contexte où un incident s’est produit et identifier des stratégies d’accompagnement. Méthodes : Cette étude à méthodes mixtes comportait une enquête volontaire auprès des pharmaciens hospitaliers et des entretiens individuels structurés. Les répondants au sondage ont noté leur détresse émotionnelle sur l’échelle de l’effet des événements (IES [Impact of Event Scale]), un outil d’auto-déclaration validé utilisé pour évaluer l’impact des événements traumatisants de la vie. Les réponses des personnes interrogées ont été analysées qualitativement. Résultats : Sur les 128 pharmaciens qui avaient fait l’expérience d’un incident et qui avaient soumis une réponse complète à l’enquête, 105 (82 %) avaient un score supérieur à 8 sur l’IES. Ce score indique que l’incident avait eu un impact important. Les facteurs couramment signalés contribuant aux incidents étaient la lourde charge de travail, les interruptions et l’inexpérience. Les stratégies de soutien les plus recherchées comprenaient : la discussion avec un collègue; la notification compatissante de l’événement par l’intermédiaire de la direction; et la participation aux comptes rendus de l’équipe. Conclusions : L’impact émotionnel des incidents, tel que rapporté par les pharmaciens hospitaliers canadiens, est important. La plupart des participants ont estimé qu’un soutien accru est nécessaire pour surmonter le fardeau émotionnel associé.

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How this classification was reachedexpand

Full frame machine prediction

Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.007
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.012
Version: metacan-v3-hybrid-931329e0061cValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Qualitative · Consensus signal: none
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: Empirical
Teacher disagreement score0.376
Threshold uncertainty score0.757

Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0070.012
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0010.001
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0010.002
Bibliometrics0.0030.004
Science and technology studies0.0060.001
Scholarly communication0.0020.001
Open science0.0020.002
Research integrity0.0010.001
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0020.000

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.048
GPT teacher head0.466
Teacher spread0.417 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

Classification

machine, unvalidated

Machine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.

The models applied no category: nothing in the taxonomy fit this work.
Study designQualitative
Domainnot available
GenreEmpirical

How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".

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