title: Medications errors and health-related quality of life of nursing professionals in intensive care units.
abstract: This study identifies the prevalence of medication errors in ICUs reported by nursing professionals, compares the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and health status changes of those professionals both involved and not involved with medication errors in ICUs. A total of 94 nursing professionals in three ICUs of a private hospital were studied: 39 (41.5%) nurses and 55 (58.5%) nursing technicians. HRQoL was assessed through the Portuguese version of the SF-36 instrument. Eighteen professionals (19.1%) reported medication errors during the month prior to data collection. The errors were reported in 61.1% of the cases and the most frequent ones were those in the administration phase (67.8%). The professionals who reported medication errors displayed worse health conditions than those who did not report errors.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Sírio Libanês, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. josikelem@usp.br
authors.forename: Josikélem da Silva Sodré
authors.initials: Jda S
authors.lastname: Pelliciotti
authors.forename: Miako
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kimura
mesh_terms: D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D008297:Male; D008508:Medication Errors / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D009740:Nursing Staff; D011788:Quality of Life