A brief questionnaire for measuring alarm fatigue in nurses and physicians in intensive care units

Abstract When exposed to hundreds of medical device alarms per day, intensive care unit (ICU) staff can develop “alarm fatigue” (i.e., desensitisation to alarms). However, no standardised way of quantifying alarm fatigue exists. We aimed to develop a brief questionnaire for measuring alarm fatigue i...

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Main Authors: Maximilian Markus Wunderlich, Sandro Amende-Wolf, Henning Krampe, Jochen Kruppa, Claudia Spies, Björn Weiß, Belinda Memmert, Felix Balzer, Akira-Sebastian Poncette
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-08-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-40290-7