Table 2 Means of Individual item and overall alarm fatigue scale (AFS) scores
Mini. | Max. | Mean | SD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Individual items | ||||
1. “I regularly readjust the limits of alarms based on the clinical symptoms of patients” | 0.00 | 3.00 | 0.90 | 0.91 |
2. “I turn off the alarms at the beginning of every shift” | 0.00 | 4.00 | 0.82 | 1.17 |
3. “Generally, I hear a certain amount of noise in the ward” | 1.00 | 4.00 | 2.92 | 0.85 |
4. “I believe much of the noise in the ward is from the alarms of the monitoring equipment” | 1.00 | 4.00 | 3.06 | 0.81 |
5. “I pay more attention to the alarms in certain shifts” | 1.00 | 4.00 | 3.58 | 0.76 |
6. “In some shifts the heavy workload in the ward prevents my quick response to alarms” | 0.00 | 4.00 | 1.39 | 1.01 |
7. “When alarms go off repeatedly, I become in different to them” | 0.00 | 4.00 | 0.80 | 1.07 |
8. “Alarm sounds make me nervous” | 0.00 | 4.00 | 1.98 | 1.13 |
9. “I react differently to the low-volume (yellow) and high-volume (red) alarms of the ventilator” | 0.00 | 4.00 | 0.95 | 0.97 |
10. “When I’m upset and nervous, I’m more responsive to alarm sounds” | 0.00 | 4.00 | 1.81 | 1.17 |
11. “When alarms go off repeatedly and continuously, I lose my patience” | 0.00 | 4.00 | 1.68 | 1.21 |
12. “Alarm sounds prevent me from focusing on my professional duties” | 0.00 | 4.00 | 1.99 | 1.09 |
13. “At visiting hours, I pay less attention to the alarms of the equipment” | 0.00 | 4.00 | 1.48 | 1.22 |
AFS overall score | ||||
AFS category | ||||
Low (n = 70, 37.4%) | 10.0 | 20.0 | 17.78 | 2.85 |
Average (n = 62, 33.2%) | 21.0 | 26.0 | 23.48 | 1.43 |
High (n = 55, 29.4%) | 27.0 | 35.0 | 30.33 | 2.10 |
ALL (N = 187, 100%) | 10.0 | 35.0 | 23.36 | 5.57 |