Observational studyJournal of clinical nursing2025
Nurses' Alarm Fatigue Levels in Adult Intensive Care Units and Their Strategies to Reduce Fatigue: A Convergent Parallel Design.
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Nurses' Views on Alarm Fatigue and Its Reduction in Adult Intensive Care Units: Convergent Parallel Design
Who cites it
10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Severity and Associated Factors of Alarm Fatigue Among Intensive Care Unit Nurses: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Nursing in critical care · 2026Pooled it
- Improving nurses' alarm-management performance with a behavioral reminder.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S P · 2026Trial
- Exploring the Relationship Between Alarm Fatigue and Compassion Fatigue Among Critical Care Nurses.Nursing in critical care · 2026Article
- Digital alert fatigue and escalation behaviours in nurse-led remote postoperative care: a cross-sectional study.BMC nursing · 2026Article
- Nurses' Clinical Alarm-Related Behaviors and Their Associated Factors in Malawian Critical Care Units: A Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of nursing management · 2026Article
- Injury prevention in fatigue-prone nursing environments: a comprehensive review of strategies centered on work design, human factors engineering, and safety culture.Frontiers in public health · 2026Review
- Exploring alarm fatigue among clinical nurses through a human factors engineering framework: a descriptive qualitative study.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Alarm Management Competence in Clinical Nursing Practice: An Evolutionary Concept Analysis.Journal of nursing management · 2026Review
- Understanding the Work-Related Roles in the Work-Personal Life Reconciliation of Nurses in Intensive Care Units: Constructivist Grounded Theory Research.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Mechanism, contributing factors, and coping strategies of alarm fatigue in intensive care nursing: a qualitative study.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundAlarm fatigue is a challenge for nurses and patients. Also, feasible strategies to reduce/manage alarm fatigue are still unclear.
aimThis study aimed to identify adult intensive care nurses' alarm fatigue levels and strategies to reduce alarm fatigue.
designA convergent parallel design was employed.
methodThe study was conducted between January and June 2022 in adult intensive care units of a university hospital, with 67 nurses in the quantitative phase and 14 in the qualitative phase. Quantitative data were collected using a personal information form, the Satisfaction Visual Analog Scale and the Nurses' Alarm Fatigue Questionnaire. Qualitative data were collected using a semi-structured interview form. Descriptive analyses, Mann-Whitney U, Kruskal-Wallis and Multiple Linear Regression analysis were used to evaluate quantitative data. The inductive content analysis method was utilised to evaluate qualitative data. The STROBE and COREQ checklists were employed to report the study.
resultsIn the quantitative phase, increased intensive care unit working hours, available alarm management support for managing alarms, and increased satisfaction level were negatively associated with alarm fatigue. Three main themes ("building an alarm management culture", "safe care environment" and "improving the features of alarm equipment/devices") and 10 sub-themes were elicited from interview data about the reduction of alarm fatigue.
conclusionsIn the study, adult intensive care nurses' alarm fatigue levels and strategies to reduce fatigue were revealed. These strategies should be applied to reduce alarm fatigue in intensive care units. IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE: Healthcare providers should develop and implement proactive strategies through effective organisational management to prevent and reduce alarm fatigue so that an alarm management culture can be built, employee satisfaction can be increased, a safe care environment can be provided, and the features of alarm devices can be improved. REPORTING
methodThe study was reported in accordance with the Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE) and Consolidated Criteria for Reporting Qualitative Research (COREQ) checklists. PATIENT CONTRIBUTIONS: No patient or public contribution.
trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT05163340.
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