title: The Association Between Psychological Distress and Decision Regret During Armed Conflict Among Hospital Personnel.
abstract: The association between psychological distress and decision regret during armed conflict among hospital personnel is of interest. The objective of this study was to learn of the association between psychological distress and decision regret during armed conflict. Data was collected from 178 hospital personnel in Barzilai Medical Center in Ashkelon, Israel during Operation Protective Edge. The survey was based on intranet data collection about: demographics, self-rated health, life satisfaction, psychological distress and decision regret. Among hospital personnel, having higher psychological distress and being young were associated with higher decision regret. This study adds to the existing knowledge by providing novel data about the association between psychological distress and decision regret among hospital personnel during armed conflict. This data opens a new venue of future research to other potentially detrimental factor on medical decision making and medical error done during crisis.
authors.affiliation: School of Social Work, Ariel University, 40700, Ariel, Israel. menbe@ariel.ac.il.
authors.forename: Menachem
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ben-Ezra
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Barzilai Medical Center, Ashkelon, Israel.
authors.forename: Haim
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bibi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000488:Allied Health Personnel; D000068337:Armed Conflicts; D003657:Decision Making; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008877:Middle East; D009726:Nurses; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D010564:Personnel, Hospital / Q000523:psychology*; D010820:Physicians; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Armed conflict; Decision regret; Hospital personnel; Psychological distress