“Disruptive behavior” in the operating room: A prospective observational study of triggers and effects of tense communication episodes in surgical teams

English version

Autoři: Sandra Keller ^aff001; Franziska Tschan ^aff001; Norbert K. Semmer ^aff003; Eliane Timm-Holzer ^aff001; Jasmin Zimmermann ^aff001; Daniel Candinas ^aff004; Nicolas Demartines ^aff005; Martin Hübner ^aff005; Guido Beldi ^aff004
Působiště autorů: Institute of Work and Organizational Psychology, University of Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel, Switzerland ^aff001; Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, United States of America ^aff002; Institute of Work Psychology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland ^aff003; Department of Visceral Surgery and Medicine, University Hospital of Bern, Bern, Switzerland ^aff004; Department of Visceral Surgery, Lausanne University Hospital CHUV, Lausanne, Switzerland ^aff005
Vyšlo v časopise: PLoS ONE 14(12)
Kategorie: Research Article
prolekare.web.journal.doi_sk: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0226437

Souhrn

Background

Tense communication and disruptive behaviors during surgery have often been attributed to surgeons’ personality or hierarchies, while situational triggers for tense communication were neglected. Goals of this study were to assess situational triggers of tense communication in the operating room and to assess its impact on collaboration quality within the surgical team.

Methods and findings

The prospective observational study was performed in two university hospitals in Europe. Trained external observers assessed communication in 137 elective abdominal operations led by 30 different main surgeons. Objective observations were related to perceived collaboration quality by all members of the surgical team. A total of 340 tense communication episodes were observed (= 0.57 per hour); mean tensions in surgeries with tensions was 1.21 per hour. Individual surgeons accounted for 24% of the variation in tensions, while situational aspects accounted for 76% of variation. A total of 72% of tensions were triggered by coordination problems; 21.2% by task-related problems and 9.1% by other issues. More tensions were related to lower perceived teamwork quality for all team members except main surgeons. Coordination-triggered tensions significantly lowered teamwork quality for second surgeons, scrub technicians and circulators.

Conclusions

Although individual surgeons differ in their tense communication, situational aspects during the operation had a much more important influence on the occurrence of tensions, mostly triggered by coordination problems. Because tensions negatively impact team collaboration, surgical teams may profit from improving collaboration, for instance through training, or through reflexivity.

Klíčová slova:

Professions – Emotions – Anxiety – Surgical and invasive medical procedures – Digestive system procedures – Technicians – Personality – Surgeons

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