A concept analysis of the phenomenon interruption |
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Authors: | Brixey Juliana J Robinson David J Johnson Craig W Johnson Todd R Turley James P Zhang Jiajie |
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Affiliation: | University of Texas Health Science Center, TX, USA. jbrixey@kumc.edu |
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Abstract: | An interruption was found to have no consistent definition in either healthcare or nonhealthcare literature. Walker and Avant's 8-step method of concept analysis was used to clarify, define, and develop a conceptual model of interruption. The analysis led to the identification of 5 defining attributes that include (1) a human experience; (2) an intrusion of a secondary, unplanned, and unexpected task; (3) discontinuity; (4) externally or internally initiated; and (5) situated within a context. Use of the defining attributes will be extended to form a category of interruption within a taxonomy of activity. |
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