Print Email Facebook Twitter Nudging intensive care unit personnel towards sustainable behaviour Title Nudging intensive care unit personnel towards sustainable behaviour Author Van Der Zee, Sophie (Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam) Verhoog, Tamarah (Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam) Post, Theo (Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam) Garcia-Gomez, Pilar (Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam) van Raaij, Erik M. (Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam) Diehl, J.C. (TU Delft Design for Sustainability) Hunfeld, Nicole (Erasmus MC) Date 2024 Abstract BackgroundThe health care sector is among the most carbon-intensive sectors, contributing to societal problems like climate change. Previous research demonstrated that especially the use of personal protective equipment (e.g., aprons) in critical care contributes to this problem. To reduce personal protective equipment waste, new sustainable policies are needed.AimsPolicies are only effective if people comply. Our aim is to examine whether compliance with sustainable policies in critical care can be increased through behavioural influencing. Specifically, we examined the effectiveness of two sets of nudges (i.e., a Prime + Visual prompt nudge and a Social norm nudge) on decreasing apron usage in an intensive care unit (ICU).Study DesignWe conducted a field experiment with a pre- and post-intervention measurement. Upon the introduction of the new sustainable policy, apron usage data were collected for 9 days before (132 observations) and 9 days after (114 observations) the nudge interventions were implemented.ResultsNeither the Prime + Visual prompt nudge, nor the Social norm nudge decreased apron usage.ConclusionsWhile previous studies have found that primes, visual nudges and social norm nudges can increase sustainable behaviour, we did not find evidence for this in our ICU field experiment. Future research is needed to determine whether this null finding reflects reality, or whether it was due to methodological decisions and limitations of the presented experiment.Relevance to Clinical PracticeThe presented study highlights the importance of studying behavioural interventions that were previously proven successful in the lab and in other field contexts, in the complex setting of critical care. Results previously found in other contexts may not generalize directly to a critical care context. The unique characteristics of the critical care context also pose methodological challenges that may have affected the outcomes of this experiment. To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:3be0b5ce-d81c-4099-b2ba-23fb31ba6431 DOI https://doi.org/10.1111/nicc.13086 ISSN 1362-1017 Source Nursing in Critical Care Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type journal article Rights © 2024 Sophie Van Der Zee, Tamarah Verhoog, Theo Post, Pilar Garcia-Gomez, Erik M. van Raaij, J.C. Diehl, Nicole Hunfeld Files PDF Nursing_in_Critical_Care_ ... aviour.pdf 3.05 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:3be0b5ce-d81c-4099-b2ba-23fb31ba6431/datastream/OBJ/view