Percepção de profissionais de saúde sobre o processo de tomada de decisão na assistência a pacientes pediátricos / Health professionals' perceptions about the decision-making process in the care of pediatric patients
Rev. bras. ter. intensiva
; 28(3): 335-340, jul.-set. 2016. tab
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RESUMO
RESUMO Objetivo:
Avaliar as percepções de médicos, enfermeiros e técnicos de enfermagem sobre sua participação no processo de tomada de decisão de limitação de suporte de vida, em pacientes pediátricos terminais, comparando por categoria profissional.Métodos:
Estudo transversal realizado em unidade de terapia intensiva pediátrica de hospital público universitário, terciário, com a participação de médicos, enfermeiros e técnicos de enfermagem. Foi usada a Escala de Voz da MacArthur Admission Experience Survey para avaliar e quantificar a percepção dos profissionais que assistiram 17 pacientes pediátricos em limitação de suporte de vida, nas primeiras 24 horas após o desfecho de cada paciente. Todos os profissionais que atuavam na unidade (n=117), potencialmente elegíveis para a pesquisa, receberam o Termo de Consentimento Livre e Esclarecido previamente à ocorrência dos casos.Resultados:
Participaram 25/40 (62,5%) médicos, 10/17 (58,8%) enfermeiros e 41/60 (68,3%) técnicos de enfermagem, representando 65% dos profissionais elegíveis. A taxa de devolução dos questionários pelos médicos foi maior que a dos técnicos (p = 0,0258). Houve registro de percepção de falta de voz nas três categorias profissionais, em taxas variáveis, porém menos percebida pelos médicos do que pelos enfermeiros e técnicos (p < 0,00001); entre estes últimos, não houve diferença (p = 0,7016). Nas três categorias profissionais, foram assinalados os três itens que compõem a subescala. Em duas das três afirmativas, houve diferença significativa entre médicos e enfermeiros (p = 0,004), e entre médicos e técnicos (p = 0,001). Em uma das afirmativas, não houve diferença entre as três categorias profissionais.Conclusão:
Houve percepção de falta de voz no processo de tomada de decisão, em taxas variáveis, nas três categorias de profissionais que assistiram pacientes pediátricos terminais em limitação de suporte de vida, sendo os médicos os que expressaram menor percepção de coerção.ABSTRACT
ABSTRACT Objective:
To evaluate the perceptions of physicians, nurses and nursing technicians of their participation in the decision-making process surrounding life support limitation in terminally ill pediatric patients, with comparisons by professional category.Methods:
A cross-sectional study was conducted in the pediatric intensive care unit of a tertiary public university hospital with the participation of physicians, nurses and nursing technicians. The MacArthur Admission Experience Survey Voice Scale was used to assess and quantify the perceptions of professionals who assisted 17 pediatric patients with life support limitation within 24 hours after the outcome of each patient was determined. All professionals working in the unit (n = 117) who were potentially eligible for the study received a free and informed consent form prior to the occurrence of the cases studied.Results:
Study participants included 25/40 (62.5%) physicians, 10/17 (58.8%) nurses and 41/60 (68.3%) nursing technicians, representing 65% of the eligible professionals identified. The questionnaire return rate was higher for physicians than technicians (p = 0.0258). A perceived lack of voice was reported in all three professional categories at varying rates that were lower for physicians than for nurses and nursing technicians (p < 0.00001); there was no difference between the latter (p = 0.7016). In the three professional categories studied, three subscale items were reported. For two of the three statements, there were significant differences between physicians and nurses (p = 0.004) and between physicians and nursing technicians (p = 0.001). For one of the statements, there was no difference among the three professional categories.Conclusion:
Respondents perceived a lack of voice in the decision-making process at varying rates across the three categories of studied professionals who assisted terminally ill pediatric patients with life support limitation, with physicians expressing lowered rates of perceived coercion.Key words
Assistência ao paciente; Coercion; Coerção; Decision making; Ethics, professional; Etica profissional; Inquéritos e questionários; Intensive care units, pediatric; Ordens quanto à conduta (ética médica)/psicologia; Patient care; Resuscitation orders/psychology; Surveys and questionnaires; Tomada de decisões; Unidades de terapia intensiva pediátrica
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
LILACS
Main subject:
Decision Making
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Medical Staff, Hospital
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Nursing Assistants
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Nursing Staff, Hospital
Type of study:
Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Qualitative_research
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Risk_factors_studies
Aspects:
Ethics
Limits:
Child
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Male
Language:
Pt
Journal:
Rev. bras. ter. intensiva
Journal subject:
TERAPIA INTENSIVA
Year:
2016
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Brazil
Country of publication:
Brazil