Exploring the fear of clinical errors: associations with socio-demographic, professional, burnout, and mental health factors in healthcare workers - a nationwide cross-sectional study.
Boyer L, Wu AW, Fernandes S, et al. Exploring the fear of clinical errors: associations with socio-demographic, professional, burnout, and mental health factors in healthcare workers – A nationwide cross-sectional study. Front Public Health. 2024;12:1423905. doi:10.3389/fpubh.2024.1423905.
Witnessing or being part of an adverse patient safety event can result in increased anxiety of recurrence. This study of more than 10,000 healthcare workers (HCW) in France found a quarter of them report feeling afraid of making an error that could jeopardize patient safety at least once per week ("high fear"). High fear of making an error was associated previously with burnout, depression, anxiety, and sleep disorders, which can themselves influence patient safety.