Aim
Patient suicide (PS) has been identified as a frequent and stressful “occupational hazard” for mental health professionals. Studies are needed to assess the impact on psychiatric trainees of the exposure to severe patient suicidal behaviours.
Methods
Our cross‐sectional study aimed to measure the prevalence of exposure to PS and severe patient suicide attempts (SPSA) in French psychiatric trainees. We also assessed the emotional, traumatic and professional impacts and perceived support in the aftermath through a 62‐item online questionnaire that included the French version of the IES‐R, a composite emotional score and questions about professional practice and perceived support. All French psychiatric trainees were contacted regarding participation in the study through email and social networks between November 2017 and March 2018.
Results
A total of 409 trainees participated in the survey (response rate = 16.4%). 253 trainees fully completed the questionnaire. Of the 253 trainees, 43.2% were exposed to PS and 13.8% to SPSA. The exposure mostly occurred in the early stage of the training period. Ten to 15% of exposed trainees showed a high level of traumatic and emotional impact and 8.1% exhibited clinically relevant symptoms of post‐traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). We found that 21.6% received no support in the aftermath, especially after PS.
Conclusion
A large proportion of psychiatric trainees encounter severe suicidal behaviours of patients, and a substantial part of them is highly impacted. Our results thus stress the need for programmes dedicated to the prevention of the deleterious effects of the exposure to PS or SPSA in psychiatric trainees.
We expect the SUPPORTS study to evaluate and improve the design of the SUPPORT program to effectively help professionals to cope with PUS. Conclusion: The results of the study will allow us to disseminate an effective and adaptive postvention program for professionals and institutions encountering PUS.
Falling is the main cause of domestic accidents and fatal injuries to seniors at home. In this paper, we describe the design process for a new pervasive technology (CIRDO). The aim of this technology is to detect falls (via audio and video sensors) and to alert the elderly's family or caregivers. Two complementary studies were performed. Firstly, the actual risk situations of older adults were analyzed. Secondly, social acceptance was investigated for the different homecare field stakeholders. Our results highlight the tensions among social actors towards the tool and their impacts on technology acceptance by the elderly. Also, we show a significant change in the fall process due to the device. In actuality, the social functions associated with CIRDO implementation and the necessity of iterative design processes suggest that the CIRDO system should be more flexible and versatile to better fit the risk behaviors of seniors that evolve using this device.
La compréhension des conditions favorisant l’intégration des TIC dans l’activité professionnelle des salariés âgés représente un enjeu sociétal important. Dans cet article, nous nous proposons, à partir de l’étude de l’activité des agents de circulation ferroviaire, d’appréhender les ressources psychosociales que mobilisent ces salariés pour faire face et s’approprier de nouveaux environnements technologiques de travail. Cette recherche s’appuie sur les fondements théoriques élaborés autour d’une approche à la fois développementale et systémique de l’activité, à l’image de celle fournie par le système d’activité (Engeström, 1987). Nous cherchons à saisir le rapport du salarié âgé aux TIC, mais également à comprendre comment il construit et développe ses pratiques professionnelles en situation réelle de travail, à la fois par et avec les dispositifs technologiques, mais également en interaction avec autrui. Il s’agit alors de prendre en compte l’environnement sociotechnique au sein duquel le salarié âgé évolue. La démarche de recueil de données a été construite en procédant par triangulation méthodologique, et ce afin d’appréhender les activités médiatisées de six agents de circulation appartenant à deux gares différentes. Les résultats révèlent qu’il n’y a pas de différence dans l’utilisation et l’acceptation des dispositifs techniques entre les « jeunes » et seniors bien que les logiques et/ou les stratégies d’usages diffèrent. Ainsi, nous avons pu identifier différentes façons de faire le métier qui sont collectivement élaborées et qui apparaissent être des éléments influençant le développement de l’activité médiatisée par les outils technologiques dont disposent les agents de circulation.
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