Auditory icon alarms are more accurately and quickly identified than standard melodic alarms in a simulated clinical setting
dc.contributor.author | Mcneer, R | |
dc.contributor.author | Bodzin Horn, D | |
dc.contributor.author | Bennett, C | |
dc.contributor.author | Edworthy, Judy | |
dc.contributor.author | Dudaryk, R | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-04-14T14:17:09Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2018-07 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0003-3022 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1528-1175 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/11275 | |
dc.description.abstract |
<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:sec><jats:title>Background</jats:title><jats:p>Current standard audible medical alarms are difficult to learn and distinguish from one another. Auditory icons represent a new type of alarm that has been shown to be easier to learn and identify in laboratory settings by lay subjects. In this study, we test the hypothesis that icon alarms are easier to learn and identify than standard alarms by anesthesia providers in a simulated clinical setting.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods</jats:title><jats:p>Twenty anesthesia providers were assigned to standard or icon groups. Experiments were conducted in a simulated intensive care unit. After a brief group-specific alarm orientation, subjects identified patient-associated alarm sounds during the simulation and logged responses via a tablet computer. Each subject participated in the simulation twice and was exposed to 32 alarm annunciations. Primary outcome measures were response accuracy and response times. Secondary outcomes included assessments of perceived fatigue and task load.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results</jats:title><jats:p>Overall accuracy rate in the standard alarm group was 43% (mean) and in the icon group was 88% (mean). Subjects in the icon group were 26.1 (odds ratio [98.75% CI, 8.4 to 81.5; P &lt; 0.001]) times more likely to correctly identify an alarm. Response times in the icon group were shorter than in the standard alarm group (12 vs. 15 s, difference 3 s [98.75% CI ,1 to 5; P &lt; 0.001]).</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions</jats:title><jats:p>Under our simulated conditions, anesthesia providers more correctly and quickly identified icon alarms than standard alarms. Subjects were more likely to perceive higher fatigue and task load when using current standard alarms than icon alarms.</jats:p></jats:sec> | |
dc.format.extent | 58-66 | |
dc.format.medium | ||
dc.language | en | |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.publisher | Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins | |
dc.subject | Acoustic Stimulation | |
dc.subject | Clinical Alarms | |
dc.subject | Equipment Failure | |
dc.subject | Humans | |
dc.subject | Intensive Care Units | |
dc.subject | Reaction Time | |
dc.subject | Surveys and Questionnaires | |
dc.title | Auditory icon alarms are more accurately and quickly identified than standard melodic alarms in a simulated clinical setting | |
dc.type | journal-article | |
dc.type | Journal Article | |
dc.type | Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't | |
plymouth.author-url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29698253 | |
plymouth.issue | 1 | |
plymouth.volume | 129 | |
plymouth.publication-status | Published | |
plymouth.journal | Anesthesiology | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1097/aln.0000000000002234 | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/Faculty of Health | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/Research Groups | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/Research Groups/Centre for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour (CBCB) | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/Research Groups/Centre for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour (CBCB)/Behaviour | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/Users by role | |
dc.publisher.place | United States | |
dcterms.dateAccepted | 2018-03-23 | |
dc.rights.embargodate | 2019-7-1 | |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1528-1175 | |
dc.rights.embargoperiod | Not known | |
rioxxterms.versionofrecord | 10.1097/aln.0000000000002234 | |
rioxxterms.licenseref.uri | http://www.rioxx.net/licenses/all-rights-reserved | |
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate | 2018-07 | |
rioxxterms.type | Journal Article/Review |