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Humour Plays a Crucial Role in Healthcare
April 10, 2008 at 5:53 PM
General Health News
Dr Ruth Dean co-author of the study and a nurse researcher from the University of Manitoba carried out the study in the palliative care unit, spending 200 hours observing and informally interacting with care providers, patients and family members and carrying out semi-structured interviews with 15 healthcare staff, including nurses, doctors, a social worker and physiotherapist.
The team concluded that humour played an essential role in promoting team relationships and adding a human dimension to the care and support that staff provided to seriously ill patients and their families.
Her colleague Joanne Major from the Health Sciences Centre in Winnipeg spent 72 hours in an intensive care unit, observing and carrying out semi-structured interviews with 15 nurses.
"Some people feel that humour is trivial and unprofessional in healthcare settings, but this study shows that it is neither," said Dr Dean.
They found that humour helped the staff to cope with, and sometimes distance themselves, from difficult situations.
"When you've had the most stressful day and you're ready to cry, sometimes it's easier to bring out humour and take it in the other direction instead of bawling on somebody's shoulder," said an interviewee.
Humour also helped them to bond with other healthcare professionals and provide mutual support, shared laughter nurtured a sense of community.
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