Liselotte N Dyrbye1, Pamela O Johnson2, LeAnn M Johnson3, Michael P Halasy4, Andrea A Gossard5, Daniel Satele6, Tait Shanafelt7. 1. Professor of Medicine and Medical Education, Co-Director of Mayo Clinic Program on Physician Well-Being, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota. 2. Chief Nursing Officer, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota. 3. Department of Nursing, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota. 4. Department of Emergency Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota. 5. Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota. 6. Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota. 7. Jeanie & Stewart Ritchie Professor of Medicine, Chief Wellness Officer Stanford Medicine, Associate Dean, Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford, California.
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: To evaluate the ability of the Well-Being Index (WBI) to stratify distress and well-being (high quality of life [QOL]) in nurse practitioners and physician assistants (NPs and PAs) and identify those whose degree of distress place them at an increased risk for medical error or turnover. METHODS: A national sample of NPs and PAs completed a survey that included the WBI and instruments to measure QOL, fatigue, burnout, recent suicidal ideation, medical error, and intent to leave the current job. CONCLUSIONS: Overall, 1,576 of 4,106 (38.4%) NPs and PAs completed the survey. Those NPs and PAs with low mental QOL, extreme fatigue, recent suicidal ideation, or burnout had less favorable WBI scores (all p < .0001). Using a prevalence of low overall QOL among APPs of 14.4% as the pretest probability, the WBI score can reduce the posttest probability of low QOL to 2% or increase it to 64.7%. As the WBI score worsened, the posttest probability of high overall QOL decreased from 73% to 8.2%. Also, WBI score stratified the NPs and PAs likelihood of reporting recent medical errors and intent to leave his or her current job. IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE: The WBI is a useful screening tool to stratify distress and well-being in APPs across a variety of domains and identify those NPs and PAs whose degree of distress may increase the risk of medical error or turnover.
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: To evaluate the ability of the Well-Being Index (WBI) to stratify distress and well-being (high quality of life [QOL]) in nurse practitioners and physician assistants (NPs and PAs) and identify those whose degree of distress place them at an increased risk for medical error or turnover. METHODS: A national sample of NPs and PAs completed a survey that included the WBI and instruments to measure QOL, fatigue, burnout, recent suicidal ideation, medical error, and intent to leave the current job. CONCLUSIONS: Overall, 1,576 of 4,106 (38.4%) NPs and PAs completed the survey. Those NPs and PAs with low mental QOL, extreme fatigue, recent suicidal ideation, or burnout had less favorable WBI scores (all p < .0001). Using a prevalence of low overall QOL among APPs of 14.4% as the pretest probability, the WBI score can reduce the posttest probability of low QOL to 2% or increase it to 64.7%. As the WBI score worsened, the posttest probability of high overall QOL decreased from 73% to 8.2%. Also, WBI score stratified the NPs and PAs likelihood of reporting recent medical errors and intent to leave his or her current job. IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE: The WBI is a useful screening tool to stratify distress and well-being in APPs across a variety of domains and identify those NPs and PAs whose degree of distress may increase the risk of medical error or turnover.
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