Dr Claire Kydonaki C.Kydonaki@napier.ac.uk
Visiting Lecturer
Challenges and barriers to optimising sedation in intensive care: a qualitative study in eight Scottish intensive care units
Kydonaki, Kalliopi; Hanley, Janet; Huby, Guro; Antonelli, Jean; Walsh, Timothy
Authors
Dr Janet Hanley J.Hanley@napier.ac.uk
Associate Professor
Guro Huby
Jean Antonelli
Timothy Walsh
Abstract
Objectives: Various strategies to promote light sedation are highly recommended in recent guidelines, as deep sedation is associated with suboptimum patient outcomes. Yet, the challenges met by clinicians in delivering high-quality analgosedation is rarely addressed. As part of the evaluation of a cluster-randomised quality improvement trial in eight Scottish intensive care units (ICUs), we aimed to understand the challenges to optimising sedation in the Scottish ICU settings prior to the trial. This article reports on the findings.
Design: A qualitative exploratory design: We conducted focus groups (FG) with clinicians during the preintervention period.
Setting and participants: Eight Scottish ICUs. Nurses, physiotherapists and doctors working in each ICU volunteered to participate. FG were recorded and verbatim transcribed and inserted in NVivo V.10 for analysis. Qualitative thematic analysis was undertaken to develop emergent themes from the patterns identified in relation to sedation practice. Ethical approval was secured by Scotland A Research ethics committee.
Results: Three themes emerged from the inductive analysis: (a) a recent shift in sedation practice, (b) uncertainty in decision-making and (c) system-level factors including the ICU environment, organisational factors and educational gaps. Clinicians were challenged daily to manage agitated or difficult-to-sedate patients in the era of a progressive mantra of ‘just sedate less’ imposed by the pain–agitation–delirium guidelines.
Conclusions: The current implementation of guidelines does not support behaviour change strategies to allow a patient-focused approach to sedation management, which obstructs optimum sedation–analgesia management. Recognition of the various challenges when mandating less sedation needs to be considered and novel sedation–analgesia strategies should allow a system-level approach to improve sedation–analgesia quality.
Citation
Kydonaki, K., Hanley, J., Huby, G., Antonelli, J., & Walsh, T. (2019). Challenges and barriers to optimising sedation in intensive care: a qualitative study in eight Scottish intensive care units. BMJ Open, 9, Article e024549. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-024549
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Mar 13, 2019 |
Online Publication Date | May 24, 2019 |
Publication Date | May 24, 2019 |
Deposit Date | Apr 16, 2019 |
Publicly Available Date | Jun 18, 2019 |
Journal | BMJ Open |
Electronic ISSN | 2044-6055 |
Publisher | BMJ Publishing Group |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 9 |
Article Number | e024549 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-024549 |
Public URL | http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/1673399 |
Contract Date | Apr 16, 2019 |
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