ABSTRACT

The aim of this study was to describe healthcare professionals’ views of smart glasses before their implementation in an intensive care unit, both regarding quality of use of the glasses and to identify possible intensive care situations where the glasses could be used to increase patient safety.

Methods
Data were generated through focus group interviews and analysed using thematic content analysis.

Findings
The findings describe participants’ views of smart glasses divided into three categories; Smart glasses to facilitate work at intensive care unit; Quality of use and Utilisation. Participants assumed smart glasses to cause both effect and affect in intensive care. Participants’ concern for patients arose recurrently and through their concern intention to work to promote patient safety.

Conclusion
Smart glasses are suggested as a complement to existing monitoring and routines and cannot replace human presence in intensive care.

KEYWORDS

Critical care, Focus groups, Intensive care units, Monitoring physiologic, Patient-centred care, Patient safety, Qualitative research, Smart glasses, Surveillance

CITATION

Romare, Charlotte, Ursula Hass, and Lisa Skär. 2018. “Healthcare Professionals’ Views of Smart Glasses in Intensive Care: A Qualitative Study.” Intensive & Critical Care Nursing: The Official Journal of the British Association of Critical Care Nurses 45 (April): 66–71.

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iccn.2017.11.006

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