ArticleHuman factors and ergonomics in manufacturing2022
Coping with complexity in the COVID pandemic: An exploratory study of intensive care units.
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- How did staffing strategies change amid COVID-19 and post pandemic? A qualitative study.BMJ open · 2025Article
- Strategies for adapting under pressure: an interview study in intensive care units.BMJ quality & safety · 2025Article
- Health services under pressure: a scoping review and development of a taxonomy of adaptive strategies.BMJ quality & safety · 2024Article
- The nursing practice environment and hospital sociotechnical complexity: a mixed-methods study.Revista brasileira de enfermagem · 2024Article
- From Threatening Chaos to Temporary Order through a Complex Process of Adaptation: A Grounded Theory Study of the Escalation of Intensive Care during the COVID-19 Pandemic.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- The rise of resilient healthcare research during COVID-19: scoping review of empirical research.BMC health services research · 2023Article
- Coping with complexity in the COVID pandemic: An exploratory study of intensive care units.Human factors and ergonomics in manufacturing · 2022Article
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Abstract
Although the COVID pandemic has challenged the resilience of health services in general, this impact has been most visible in intensive care units (ICUs). This paper presents an exploratory study of how ICUs in Brazil have coped with the complexity stemming from the pandemic. Five guidelines for coping with complexity were adopted as analytical framework. The guidelines were concerned with slack resources, diversity of perspectives, visibility, work-as-done, and unintended consequences. There were three main sources of data: (i) a survey with respondents from 33 ICUs, which indicated their agreement with 23 statements related to the use of the complexity guidelines; (ii) semistructured interviews with seven survey respondents and two public health officials; and (iii) 20 h of observations of the meetings of a municipal bed management committee. Seventy resilience practices were identified from these data sources. Most of these practices (
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