Therapy professionals in critical care: A UK wide workforce survey.

IF 2.1 Q3 CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Journal of the Intensive Care Society Pub Date : 2023-02-01 DOI:10.1177/17511437221100332

Paul Twose, Ella Terblanche, Una Jones, James Bruce, Penelope Firshman, Julie Highfield, Gemma Jones, Judith Merriweather, Vicky Newey, Helen Newman, Claire Rock, Sarah Wallace

{"title":"Therapy professionals in critical care: A UK wide workforce survey.","authors":"Paul Twose, Ella Terblanche, Una Jones, James Bruce, Penelope Firshman, Julie Highfield, Gemma Jones, Judith Merriweather, Vicky Newey, Helen Newman, Claire Rock, Sarah Wallace","doi":"10.1177/17511437221100332","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Introduction: National guidelines suggest recommended staffing levels for therapies. The aim of this study was to capture information on existing staffing levels, roles and responsibilities and service structures.Methods: An observational study using online surveys distributed to 245 critical care units across the United Kingdom (UK). Surveys consisted of a generic and five profession specific surveys.Results: Eight hundred sixty-two responses were received from 197 critical care units across the UK. Of those that responded, over 96% of units had input from dietetics, physiotherapy and SLT. Whereas only 59.1% and 48.1% had an OT or psychology service respectively. Units with ring fenced services had improved therapist to patient ratios.Discussion: There is significant variation in access to therapists for patients admitted to critical care in the UK, with many services not having services for core therapies such as psychology and OT. Where services do exist, they fall below the recommended guidance.","PeriodicalId":39161,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Intensive Care Society","volume":"24 1","pages":"24-31"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1000,"publicationDate":"2023-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9975796/pdf/10.1177_17511437221100332.pdf","citationCount":"7","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of the Intensive Care Society","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1177/17511437221100332","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE","Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 7

Abstract

Introduction: National guidelines suggest recommended staffing levels for therapies. The aim of this study was to capture information on existing staffing levels, roles and responsibilities and service structures.

Methods: An observational study using online surveys distributed to 245 critical care units across the United Kingdom (UK). Surveys consisted of a generic and five profession specific surveys.

Results: Eight hundred sixty-two responses were received from 197 critical care units across the UK. Of those that responded, over 96% of units had input from dietetics, physiotherapy and SLT. Whereas only 59.1% and 48.1% had an OT or psychology service respectively. Units with ring fenced services had improved therapist to patient ratios.

Discussion: There is significant variation in access to therapists for patients admitted to critical care in the UK, with many services not having services for core therapies such as psychology and OT. Where services do exist, they fall below the recommended guidance.

查看原文本刊更多论文

治疗专业人员在重症监护:英国广泛的劳动力调查。

简介:国家指南建议治疗人员的推荐水平。这项研究的目的是收集有关现有工作人员水平、作用和职责以及服务结构的资料。方法:一项观察性研究，使用分布在英国245个重症监护病房的在线调查。调查包括一项一般调查和五项专业调查。结果:我们收到了来自英国197个重症监护病房的862份回复。在那些回应的单位中，超过96%的单位有营养，物理治疗和SLT的投入。而分别只有59.1%和48.1%的人接受过门诊或心理服务。采用环形服务的单位改善了治疗师与患者的比率。讨论:在英国，接受重症监护的患者获得治疗师的机会存在显著差异，许多服务机构没有核心治疗服务，如心理学和OT。在确实存在服务的地方，它们低于建议的指导。

本文章由计算机程序翻译，如有差异，请以英文原文为准。

求助全文

约1分钟内获得全文求助全文

来源期刊

Journal of the Intensive Care Society Nursing-Critical Care Nursing

CiteScore

4.40

自引率

0.00%

发文量

期刊介绍： The Journal of the Intensive Care Society (JICS) is an international, peer-reviewed journal that strives to disseminate clinically and scientifically relevant peer-reviewed research, evaluation, experience and opinion to all staff working in the field of intensive care medicine. Our aim is to inform clinicians on the provision of best practice and provide direction for innovative scientific research in what is one of the broadest and most multi-disciplinary healthcare specialties. While original articles and systematic reviews lie at the heart of the Journal, we also value and recognise the need for opinion articles, case reports and correspondence to guide clinically and scientifically important areas in which conclusive evidence is lacking. The style of the Journal is based on its founding mission statement to ‘instruct, inform and entertain by encompassing the best aspects of both tabloid and broadsheet''.