Proposed staff well-being measures in emergency maternity care still need testing
Researchers selected brief indicators of burnout, psychological safety and moral distress to help monitor care facilities; validation remains a future step.
Based on the published abstract. The full paper may contain additional methods, results and limitations.
The 30-second takeaway
This project developed candidate indicators for monitoring the well-being of staff providing emergency obstetric and newborn care. It prioritized burnout, lack of psychological safety and moral distress as signals of broader problems. The work produced proposed measures, but did not establish that they accurately track overall well-being or improve staff or patient outcomes.
Pilot data collection and validation testing were still planned. The abstract provides no measured accuracy, staff well-being change or evidence that the proposed indicators improve care.
How items were selected
The team combined a rapid scoping review with focus groups and expert input. Candidate items were judged for qualities such as clarity, usefulness, reliability and sensitivity to change before the final measures were selected.
An intended warning signal
The indicators are intended to alert administrators when staff well-being may be threatened. The next steps are pilot data collection and testing whether the measures perform reliably and meaningfully in the intended settings.
The original publication
The development of proxy indicators to measure workforce well-being in emergency obstetric and neonatal care settings.
Jolivet RR, Munson E, Gouse I et al.
J Glob Health · 2025
- PubMed ID
- 40938128
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