Health care workers’ experiences of calling-for-help when taking care of critically ill patients in hospitals in Tanzania and Kenya
Rattachement africain : Tanzanie, gb, Kenya, se. Niveau de preuve : code pays fourni par la source.
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BACKGROUND: When caring for critically ill patients, health workers often need to 'call-for-help' to get assistance from colleagues in the hospital. Systems are required to facilitate calling-for-help and enable the timely provision of care for critically ill patients. Evidence around calling-for-help systems is mostly from high income countries and the state of calling-for-help in hospitals in Tanzania and Kenya has not been formally studied. This study aims to describe health workers' experiences about calling-for-help when taking care of critically ill patients in hospitals in Tanzania and Kenya. METHODS: Ten hospitals across Kenya and Tanzania were visited and in-depth interviews conducted with 30 health workers who had experience of caring for critically ill patients. The interviews were transcribed, translated and the data thematically analyzed. RESULTS: The study identified three thematic areas concerning the systems for calling-for-help when taking care of critically ill patients: 1) Calling-for-help structures: there is lack of functioning structures for calling-for-help; 2) Calling-for-help processes: the calling-for-help processes are innovative and improvised; and 3) Calling-for-help outcomes: the help that is provided is not as requested. CONCLUSION: Calling-for-help when taking care of a critically ill patient is a necessary life-saving part of care, but health workers in Tanzanian and Kenyan hospitals experience a range of significant challenges. Hospitals lack functioning structures, processes for calling-for-help are improvised and help that is provided is not as requested. These challenges likely cause delays and decrease the quality of care, potentially resulting in unnecessary mortality and morbidity.
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DOI retrouvé dans Crossref DOI retrouvé ; titre concordant.
- Titre Crossref
- Health care workers’ experiences of calling-for-help when taking care of critically ill patients in hospitals in Tanzania and Kenya
- Date Crossref
- 17/07/2024
- Éditeur
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC
- Type
- journal-article
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Ifakara Health Institute Impact Evaluation and Policy Department Ifakara Health Institute, Tanzanie (code pays fourni par la source)Organisation à but non lucratif
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Queen Mary University of London pays non établi dans la noticeUniversité ou école supérieure
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Kenya Medical Research Institute Kenya (code pays fourni par la source)Structure de recherche
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KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme Kenya (code pays fourni par la source)Structure de recherche
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Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences Department of Emergency Medicine Dar Es Salaam, Tanzanie (code pays fourni par la source)Université ou école supérieure
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Uppsala University Centre for Clinical Research Sörmland pays non établi dans la noticeUniversité ou école supérieure
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Karolinska Institutet Department of Global Public Health pays non établi dans la noticeUniversité ou école supérieure
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Center for Clinical Research Dalarna pays non établi dans la noticeStructure de recherche
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Eksjö Municipality pays non établi dans la noticeOrganisme public
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University of Oxford Health Systems Collaborative pays non établi dans la noticeUniversité ou école supérieure
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London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine pays non établi dans la noticeUniversité ou école supérieure
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Health Services Unit Nairobi, Kenya (pays nommé en fin d’affiliation)Institution
Impact Evaluation and Policy Department — Ifakara Health Institute (Ifakara Health Institute, Tanzanie), Queen Mary University of London et Kenya Medical Research Institute (Kenya), avec 9 autres affiliations. Pays d’affiliation : Tanzanie, Kenya.
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