Ethical issues encountered by French intensive care unit caregivers during the first COVID-19 outbreak
Authors' conclusion
Eight out of ten responding French ICU health care workers experienced ethical issues during the first COVID-19 outbreak.
Study context
- Population
- Physicians, residents, nurses and orderlies who worked in 26 French intensive care units (ICUs) during the first COVID-19 outbreak4,670 sent
- Participants
- 1,188 physicians
- Outcome
- Ethical issues encountered while caring for patients
Methodological detailsdescriptive, multicentre, questionnaire, Questionnaire distributed 1 June to 1 October 2020
- Descriptive
- Multicentre
- Questionnaire
- Questionnaire distributed 1 June to 1 October 2020
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Any ethical issue experienced
Participants reporting issue(s)
953
80.2%
Restriction of family visits in the ICU
91.7%
Risk of contamination for health care workers
72.3%
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
| Outcome | aOR (95% CI) | P value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Risk of contamination issue: nurses and orderlies vs physiciansNurses vs Physicians · multiple logistic regression | 2.98 (1.87–4.76) | P < 0.001 | |
| Risk of contamination issue: nurses and orderlies vs physiciansOrderlies vs Physicians · multiple logistic regression | 4.35 (2.08–9.12) | P < 0.001 | |
| "Act contrary to the patient's advance directives" issue: nurses and orderlies vs physiciansNurses vs Physicians · multiple logistic regression | 4.59 (1.74–12.08) | P < 0.01 | |
| "Act contrary to the patient's advance directives" issue: nurses and orderlies vs physiciansOrderlies vs Physicians · multiple logistic regression | 10.65 (3.71–30.60) | P < 0.001 | |
| 0.050.21520Adjusted odds ratio (log scale) |
Ethics training should be better integrated into initial training
- Respondents agreeing
- 1,132 (86.9%)
Original publication
Ethical issues encountered by French intensive care unit caregivers during the first COVID-19 outbreak. Can J Anaesth. Published 25 September 2023. doi:10.
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