Patient Safety Culture and Associated Factors Among Health Care Providers in Bale Zone Hospitals, Southeast Ethiopia: An Institutional Based Cross-Sectional Study

Patient safety is a serious global public health issue and a critical component of health care quality. Unsafe patient care is associated with significant morbidity and mortality throughout the world. In Ethiopia health system delivery, there is little practical evidence of patient safety culture an...

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Published in:Drug, healthcare and patient safety healthcare and patient safety, 2020-01, Vol.12, p.1-14
Main Authors: Kumbi, Musa, Hussen, Abduljewad, Lette, Abate, Nuriye, Shemsu, Morka, Geroma
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analysis
bale zone hospitals
Communication
Cross-sectional studies
Data collection
Developing countries
Global health
Health aspects
Health care
Health care industry
health care providers
Hospitals
LDCs
Medical care quality
Medical errors
Medical research
Morbidity
Organizational learning
Original Research
Patient safety
patient safety culture
Principal components analysis
Public health
Public health movements
Questionnaires
Regression analysis
Surveys
Teamwork (Workplace)
Variance analysis
Workforce planning
Working hours
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Summary:Patient safety is a serious global public health issue and a critical component of health care quality. Unsafe patient care is associated with significant morbidity and mortality throughout the world. In Ethiopia health system delivery, there is little practical evidence of patient safety culture and associated factors. Therefore, this study aims to assess patient safety culture and associated factors among health care providers in Bale Zone hospitals. A facility-based cross-sectional study was undertaken using the "Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture (HSOPSC)" questionnaire. A total of 518 health care providers were interviewed. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) was employed to examine statistical differences between hospitals and patient safety culture dimensions. We also computed internal consistency coefficients and exploratory factor analysis. Bivariate and multivariate linear regression analyses were performed using SPSS version 20. The level of significance was established using 95% confidence intervals and a p-value of
ISSN:1179-1365
1179-1365
DOI:10.2147/DHPS.S198146