Materials & methods
We undertook an anonymous, voluntary survey at one institution, inviting all nursing staff in ENT and ophthalmology theatres, plus nursing, admin and medical staff in ENT admin and clinics (estimated 128 staff). These areas were chosen to cover a range of staff groups and settings. Participants completed the following questionnaires:
Debrief types were described as follows
Questionnaires were piloted in advance.
Statistical analyses were performed using SPSS Statistics 24 software. In the case of CCB and promoter scores the outcomes could not be attributed to one specific debrief type because the staff were exposed to many different types.
This study follows Standards for Quality Improvement Reporting Excellence (SQUIRE 2.0) as the reporting guideline.