Higher perceived workload, higher caseload and higher emotional stress are associated with medication errors, according to a study in Journal for Healthcare Quality.
Researchers studied the effect of emotional stress, perceived workload, patient case volume, clinical experience, total sleep and demographic variables on self-reported medication events — actual administration and near misses. The study involved physicians in four academic hospitals over 18 months.
Medication events were associated with the following:
• 36.1 percent higher perceived workload
• 38.6 percent higher inpatient caseloads
• 55.9 percent higher emotional stress scores
There was also a trend for medication events to be associated with less sleep, according to the report.
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Researchers studied the effect of emotional stress, perceived workload, patient case volume, clinical experience, total sleep and demographic variables on self-reported medication events — actual administration and near misses. The study involved physicians in four academic hospitals over 18 months.
Medication events were associated with the following:
• 36.1 percent higher perceived workload
• 38.6 percent higher inpatient caseloads
• 55.9 percent higher emotional stress scores
There was also a trend for medication events to be associated with less sleep, according to the report.
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