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Continuity of Care in Intensive Care Units A Cluster-Randomized Trial of Intensivist Staffing

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AMER THORACIC SOC
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201103-0555OC

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critical care; organization and administration; continuity of patient care

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  1. GlaxoSmithKline

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Rationale: Little is known about the consequences of intensivists' work schedules, or intensivist continuity of care. Objectives: To assess the impact of weekend respite for intensivists, with consequent reduction in continuity of care, on them and their patients. Methods: In five medical intensive care units (ICUs) in four academic hospitals we performed a prospective, cluster-randomized, alternating trial of two intensivist staffing schedules. Daily coverage by a single intensivist in half-month rotations (continuous schedule) was compared with weekday coverage by a single intensivist, with weekend cross-coverage by colleagues (interrupted schedule). We studied consecutive patients admitted to study units, and the intensivists working in four of the participating units. Measurements and Main Results: The primary patient outcome was ICU length of stay (LOS); we also assessed hospital LOS and mortality rates. The primary intensivist outcome was physician burnout. Analysis was by multivariable regression. A total of 45 intensivists and 1,900 patients participated in the study. Continuity of care differed between schedules (patients with multiple intensivists = 28% under continuous schedule vs. 62% under interrupted scheduling; P < 0.0001). LOS and mortality were nonsignificantly higher under continuous scheduling (Delta ICU LOS 0.36 d, P = 0.20; Delta hospital LOS 0.34 d, P = 0.71; ICU mortality, odds ratio = 1.43, P = 0.12; hospital mortality, odds ratio - 1.17, P - 0.41). Intensivists experienced significantly higher burnout, work-home life imbalance, and job distress working under the continuous schedule. Conclusions: Work schedules where intensivists received weekend breaks were better for the physicians and, despite lower continuity of intensivist care, did not worsen outcomes for medical ICU patients. Clinical trial registered with www.clinicaltrials.gov (NCT01145443).

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