{"title":"Defining Resilience for Healthcare Professionals- a Delphi Study.","authors":"S Robertson-Malt, F Lasrado, S Hatahet","doi":"10.1080/10376178.2023.2285769","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><i>Background</i>: The concept of resilience is widely discussed in healthcare literature. There are various definitions and causal mechanisms underpinning the phenomenon of resilience.<i>Aim</i>: The aim of this study was to clarify this by exploring healthcare professionals' views on the meaning of resilience within their workplace settings. Design: A three-round Delphi survey.<i>Methods</i>: Based on a literature search, 41 'stem statements' related to resilience were constructed. This list was refined, extended, and restricted by a panel of experts.<i>Results</i>: The panel agreed on eight elements that best represented their perception of factors that impact either positively or negatively the level of resilience for UAE healthcare professionals.<i>Conclusions</i>: This consensus-based approach for the assessment of the level of resilience of HCP working in the UAE health system represents a first step toward the development of national guidelines for optimizing the health and wellbeing of healthcare professionals in the UAE.</p>","PeriodicalId":93954,"journal":{"name":"Contemporary nurse","volume":" ","pages":"422-433"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Contemporary nurse","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10376178.2023.2285769","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2024/1/17 0:00:00","PubModel":"Epub","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Background: The concept of resilience is widely discussed in healthcare literature. There are various definitions and causal mechanisms underpinning the phenomenon of resilience.Aim: The aim of this study was to clarify this by exploring healthcare professionals' views on the meaning of resilience within their workplace settings. Design: A three-round Delphi survey.Methods: Based on a literature search, 41 'stem statements' related to resilience were constructed. This list was refined, extended, and restricted by a panel of experts.Results: The panel agreed on eight elements that best represented their perception of factors that impact either positively or negatively the level of resilience for UAE healthcare professionals.Conclusions: This consensus-based approach for the assessment of the level of resilience of HCP working in the UAE health system represents a first step toward the development of national guidelines for optimizing the health and wellbeing of healthcare professionals in the UAE.