Grey’s Anatomy effect: television portrayal of patients with trauma may cultivate unrealistic patient and family expectations after injury
| Autor: | Terrell M Thompson, Erin P Wilkinson, Scott R. Petersen, Shawna R Dempsey, Pamela W. Goslar, Rosemarie Serrone, Jordan A. Weinberg, Jonathan L Dameworth |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
| Předmět: |
business.industry
patient experience media_common.quotation_subject Evidence-based medicine Anatomy television Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine Functional recovery humanities injury patient Perception Health care Cohort Patient experience Surgery Original Article Major injury business Psychology media_common Drama |
| Zdroj: | Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open |
| ISSN: | 2397-5776 |
| Popis: | Background Expectations of the healthcare experience may be influenced by television dramas set in the hospital workplace. It is our perception that the fictional television portrayal of hospitalization after injury in such dramas is misrepresentative. The purpose of this study was to compare trauma outcomes on television dramas versus reality. Methods We screened 269 episodes of Grey’s Anatomy, a popular medical drama. A television (TV) registry was constructed by collecting data for each fictional trauma portrayed in the television series. Comparison data for a genuine patient cohort were obtained from the 2012 National Trauma Databank (NTDB) National Program Sample. Results 290 patients composed of the TV registry versus 4812 patients from NTDB. Mortality was higher on TV (22% vs 7%, P |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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