公众对2022年住院医生工作时间的看法
Matthew D Weaver1, Laura K Barger1, Jason P Sullivan2
1Division of Sleep and Circadian Disorders, Departments of Medicine and Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Division of Sleep Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Sleep health
|November 8, 2023
概括
公众绝大多数反对长时间住院医生轮班和每周工作时间. 大多数美国人认为住院医生不应工作超过12小时的班次和每周60小时,这与目前的政策相反.
科学领域:
- 医学教育 医学教育
- 公共卫生政策 公共卫生政策
- 医疗保健 劳动力研究 研究 医疗保健 劳动力研究
背景情况:
- 住院医生工作时间长,引发了人们对患者安全和医生福祉的担忧.
- 目前的规定允许在美国的住院医生延长班次和每周工作时间.
研究的目的:
- 评估美国居民医生工作时间的公众意识和意见.
- 了解公众对当前居民医生工作时间政策的看法.
主要方法:
- 对美国成年人进行了一项全国代表性的横截面调查.
- 夸尔特里克斯使用基于人口配额的抽样方法与2020年美国人口普查数据保持一致.
- 用描述性统计和假设测试来分析数据.
主要成果:
- 97.1%的参与者认为住院医生不应该工作24小时的班次.
- 95.6%的人认为目前每周80小时的工作时间过多.
- 66.4%的受访者建议每周最多工作12小时, 66.4%的受访者建议每周最多工作59小时.
结论:
- 美国公众在很大程度上不同意现有的住院医生工作时间规定.
- 公众论赞成将住院医生的班次限制在12小时,每周的工作时间限制在60小时.
- 这些发现凸显了公众情绪和当前的工作时间政策之间的巨大差距.
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