Perceptions of patient safety culture among healthcare professionals in Ministry of Health hospitals in Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia

Aboufour, Majeda Abdullah Saleh; Subbarayalu, Arun Vijay

doi:10.1016/j.imu.2022.100858

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“… 12–20 However, the physicians’ score on staffing was significantly lower than that of nurses’ (48.2 <57.4%; p<0.05). These were different from studies in other countries, 16 , 17 , 20 , 29–32 which could be related to the situation of severe shortage of physicians in hospitals in Vietnam, especially those at grassroots levels. 50…”

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“…The dimension “overall patient safety grade” was reported quite differently among countries and studies. While physician’s perception was reported higher than nurses in Switzerland (78 vs 60%); 18 Taiwan (63.7 vs 52.1%); 23 and Germany; 25 the opposite results were identified in Saudi Arabia, 17 , 29 China; 30 Brazil; 20 , 31 UK; 32 and Ethiopia. 16 The “feedback and communication about error” was reported higher among physicians in Holland 33 while this was lower in USA.…”

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“…Physicians and nurses are considered core staff with professional skills, dedicating themselves to health service delivery in hospitals. In general, the physician’s positive response score is higher than nurses on “communication openness and teamwork across unit” in Switzerland; 18 Taiwan; 23 , 24 Germany, 25 Canada; 19 Saudi Arabia; 17 China, 26 Holland 27 and Canada. 28 In comparison, nurses have higher positive response scores on “supervisor/managers expectations and actions on improving patient safety” than physicians and lower responses on “staffing” in Saudi Arabia, 17 , 29 China; 30 Brazil; 20 , 31 UK; 32 and Ethiopia.…”

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“…In general, the physician’s positive response score is higher than nurses on “communication openness and teamwork across unit” in Switzerland; 18 Taiwan; 23 , 24 Germany, 25 Canada; 19 Saudi Arabia; 17 China, 26 Holland 27 and Canada. 28 In comparison, nurses have higher positive response scores on “supervisor/managers expectations and actions on improving patient safety” than physicians and lower responses on “staffing” in Saudi Arabia, 17 , 29 China; 30 Brazil; 20 , 31 UK; 32 and Ethiopia. 16 Nurses rate on teamwork within units with lower scores than physicians in Saudi Arabian 29 and Taiwan.…”

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“…[12][13][14] Literature has revealed that the most frequent positive safety culture aspects reported in hospitals in different countries including Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia, Switzerland, the US, China, Brazil, Yemen and Vietnam were "organizational learning and continuous improvement", "teamwork within units", "feedback and communication about errors"; "communication openness", while the most frequent negative dimensions were "non-punitive responses to an error", "staffing"; "handoffs and transitions"; "overall perceptions of safety", and "frequency of event reporting". 13,[15][16][17][18][19][20][21] Nonpunitive response to errors often had the lowest scores and teamwork across units often had the highest scores. 9,18,21 Other research has also indicated that sharing and trust in safety culture are communicated in a health institution with a positive safety culture assessment, which serves to support work performance.…”

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Comparison of Perceptions About Patient Safety Culture Between Physicians and Nurses in Public Hospitals in Vietnam

Tran¹,

Thanh²,

Tran³

et al. 2022

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Introduction Patient safety culture (PSC) is a vital component in ensuring high-quality and safe patient care. Assessment of physicians’ and nurses’ perceptions of existing hospital PSC is the first step to promoting PSC. This paper is aimed to assess physicians’ and nurses’ perceptions of PSC in 5 public general hospitals in Hanoi, Vietnam. Methods This cross-sectional study surveyed 410 physicians and 824 nurses utilizing the validated Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture in an online format. Results The composite positive physician’s perception of PSC varied from 47.8 to 89.6% with the lowest composite score of patient safety for “staffing” (47.8%) and the highest composite score for “teamwork within units” (89.6%). The composite positive responses for perception among nurses varied from 51.3 to 94.2% with the lowest composite score of patient safety for “staffing” (51.3%) and the highest composite score for “teamwork within units” (94.2%). Conclusion The mean scores for “supervisor/manager expectations”; “staffing”, “management support for patient safety”, “teamwork across units”, “handoffs and transitions” among nurses were significantly higher than that among physicians (p<0.05). About two-thirds of physicians and nurses reported no event in the past 12 months (62.8 and 71.7%, respectively). The nurses reported significantly higher patient grades (every good and excellent) than physicians (75% vs 67.1%, p <0.001). Hospitals could develop and implement intervention programs to improve patient safety, including providing interventions on teamwork and communication, encouraging staff to notify incidents, and avoiding punitive responses.

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Predictors and outcomes of patient safety culture at King Abdulaziz Medical City, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. A nursing perspective

Rawas

Hashish

2023

BMC Nurs

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Background Patient safety culture assessment is viewed as the starting point from which action planning begins and helps hospitals get a good idea of the patient safety features that need immediate attention, identify the strengths and weaknesses of their safety culture, help units find their most common patient safety problems, and compare their scores to those of other hospitals. This study aimed to assess nurses’ perceptions of patient safety culture composites in a Saudi hospital in the Western region and to explore the association between patient safety culture predictors and outcomes, taking into consideration nurses' characteristics. Methods This study employed a cross-sectional descriptive design with a convenience sample of 184 nurses who are working at inpatient care units at King Khaled Hospital- King Abdulaziz Medical City in Jeddah, Western region, Saudi Arabia. The data were collected through a structured questionnaire consisting of nurses’ demographics and work characteristics, and the Patient Safety Culture Hospital Questionnaire (HSOPSC), which proved valid and reliable. Descriptive status, correlation, and regression analysis were applied to patient safety culture composites for statistical analysis. Results The overall positive response rate of the predictors of patient safety culture in the HSOPSC survey was 63.46%. The mean percent score for predictors ranged from 39.06% to 82.95%. "Teamwork within units" (82.95%) was the highest mean, followed by "organizational learning" (81.88%) and "feedback and communication about errors" (81.25%). In addition to the overall perceived patient safety (59.0%), safety grade, frequency, and number of events are also reported as safety outcome measures. Conclusions and recommendations Regardless of the percentage of the safety culture domains, this study agrees that all the domains should be considered high-priority and focused areas for continuous improvement. The results confirmed the need for continuous staff safety training programs to improve their perception and performance of the safety culture.

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Health staff perceptions of patient safety and associated factors in hospitals in Vietnam

Thu,

Anh,

et al. 2023

Front. Public Health

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IntroductionPatient safety is a global challenge of preventing and mitigating medical errors which might harm patients during their course of treatment and care. This study was employed to contribute to the existing literature aimed to assess patient safety culture among health staff and to determine predictors of health staff perceptions of patient safety in hospitals in Vietnam.MethodsA cross-sectional study was conducted in three hospitals of Vietnam with a total of 763 participants. This study used the Hospital Patient Safety Scale developed by the American Health and Quality Research Organization.ResultsIn general, 8 of 12 patient safety dimensions in two hospital; and 10 of 12 dimensions in a third hospital had average scores of 60% and above positive responses. The communication openness and organizational learning dimensions were found to be significant different when comparing hospitals. Regarding sample characteristics, department (subclinical department) and health staff positions (nurses/technicians, pharmacists) were significant predictors in the total model including three hospitals (R2 = 0.07).ConclusionThis study reported that communication openness and organization learning are two aspects that need to be improved they are strongly related to patient safety culture and to knowledge exchange among health staff. It has been suggested that hospitals should deliver patient safety training courses and establish a supportive learning environment to improve these challenges.

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Perceptions of patient safety culture among healthcare professionals in Ministry of Health hospitals in Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia

Cited by 5 publications

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Comparison of Perceptions About Patient Safety Culture Between Physicians and Nurses in Public Hospitals in Vietnam

Comparison of Perceptions About Patient Safety Culture Between Physicians and Nurses in Public Hospitals in Vietnam

Predictors and outcomes of patient safety culture at King Abdulaziz Medical City, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. A nursing perspective

Health staff perceptions of patient safety and associated factors in hospitals in Vietnam

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