Hall, LH, Johnson, J orcid.org/0000-0003-0431-013X, Watt, I et al. (2 more authors) (2016) Healthcare Staff Wellbeing, Burnout, and Patient Safety: A Systematic Review. PLoS ONE, 11 (7). e0159015. ISSN 1932-6203
Abstract
Objective
To determine whether there is an association between healthcare professionals’ wellbeing and burnout, with patient safety.
Design
Systematic research review.
Data Sources
PsychInfo (1806 to July 2015), Medline (1946 to July 2015), Embase (1947 to July 2015) and Scopus (1823 to July 2015) were searched, along with reference lists of eligible articles.
Eligibility Criteria for Selecting Studies
Quantitative, empirical studies that included i) either a measure of wellbeing or burnout, and ii) patient safety, in healthcare staff populations.
Results
Forty-six studies were identified. Sixteen out of the 27 studies that measured wellbeing found a significant correlation between poor wellbeing and worse patient safety, with six additional studies finding an association with some but not all scales used, and one study finding a significant association but in the opposite direction to the majority of studies. Twenty-one out of the 30 studies that measured burnout found a significant association between burnout and patient safety, whilst a further four studies found an association between one or more (but not all) subscales of the burnout measures employed, and patient safety.
Conclusions
Poor wellbeing and moderate to high levels of burnout are associated, in the majority of studies reviewed, with poor patient safety outcomes such as medical errors, however the lack of prospective studies reduces the ability to determine causality. Further prospective studies, research in primary care, conducted within the UK, and a clearer definition of healthcare staff wellbeing are needed.
Implications
This review illustrates the need for healthcare organisations to consider improving employees’ mental health as well as creating safer work environments when planning interventions to improve patient safety.
Metadata
Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2016 Hall et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Medicine and Health (Leeds) > School of Psychology (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 13 Jul 2016 11:46 |
Last Modified: | 23 Jun 2023 22:09 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0159015 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Public Library of Science |
Identification Number: | 10.1371/journal.pone.0159015 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:102282 |
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