Social Network Analysis of Intensive Care Unit Health Care Professionals Measured by Wearable Sociometric Badges: Longitudinal Observational Study.
J Med Internet Res
; 22(12): e23184, 2020 12 31.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Use of wearable sensor technology for studying human teamwork behavior is expected to generate a better understanding of the interprofessional interactions between health care professionals.OBJECTIVE:
We used wearable sociometric sensor badges to study how intensive care unit (ICU) health care professionals interact and are socially connected.METHODS:
We studied the face-to-face interaction data of 76 healthcare professionals in the ICU at Mie University Hospital collected over 4 weeks via wearable sensors.RESULTS:
We detail the spatiotemporal distributions of staff members' inter- and intraprofessional active face-to-face interactions, thereby generating a comprehensive visualization of who met whom, when, where, and for how long in the ICU. Social network analysis of these active interactions, concomitant with centrality measurements, revealed that nurses constitute the core members of the network, while doctors remain in the periphery.CONCLUSIONS:
Our social network analysis using the comprehensive ICU interaction data obtained by wearable sensors has revealed the leading roles played by nurses within the professional communication network.Palavras-chave
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Dispositivos Eletrônicos Vestíveis
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Análise de Rede Social
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Unidades de Terapia Intensiva
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
Limite:
Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Med Internet Res
Assunto da revista:
INFORMATICA MEDICA
Ano de publicação:
2020
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Japão