Table 6.
Rating of support strategies by participants with and without having experienced second victim incidents.
| Support Strategy | No Second Victims (n = 117) |
Second Victims (n = 173) |
p (chi²) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rated Rather or very Helpful | Rated Rather not or not Helpful | Rated Rather or very Helpful | Rated Rather not or not Helpful | ||
| % (n) |
% (n) |
% (n) |
% (n) |
||
| 1. Immediate time out to recover | 82 (96) |
12 (14) |
67 (116) |
25 (44) |
0.01 |
| 2. Access to counselling including psychological/psychiatric services | 92 (108) |
4 (5) |
87 (150) |
7 (12) |
0.32 |
| 3. Opportunity to discuss emotional and ethical issues | 91 (106) |
6 (7) |
91 (157) |
6 (11) |
0.96 |
| 4. Clear information about processes (e.g., root cause analysis, incident reporting) | 86 (100) |
11 (13) |
84 (145) |
13 (23) |
0.84 |
| 5. Formal peer to peer support | 80 (94) |
10 (12) |
84 (145) |
12 (20) |
0.27 |
| 6. Informal emotional support | 73 (85) |
18 (21) |
72 (125) |
20 (34) |
0.88 |
| 7. Prompt debriefing/crisis intervention | 92 (108) |
3 (4) |
91 (157) |
5 (9) |
0.77 |
| 8. Supportive guidance for continuing clinical duties | 72 (84) |
18 (21) |
69 (120) |
23 (39) |
0.57 |
| 9. Help to communicate with patients | 79 (92) |
14 (16) |
70 (121) |
24 (41) |
0.42 |
| 10. Clear guidance about the roles to be expected after the incident | 74 (87) |
21 (25) |
70 (121) |
22 (38) |
0.42 |
| 11. Help to actively participate to work through this incident | 93 (109) |
3 (3) |
86 (149) |
8 (14) |
0.12 |
| 12. Safe opportunity to contribute insights to prevent similar events in future | 91 (106) |
6 (7) |
86 (148) |
8 (14) |
0.41 |