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Volume 18, Issue 11

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Original Contribution

Perceptions of Patient Safety Culture among Physicians and Nurses in a Tertiary Hospital in Southwestern Saudi Arabia
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Abdullah A. Alsabaani
DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2020.93884

Awareness, Knowledge and Practice of Adult Saudi Females about Cervical Cancer Screening, in Aseer Region, Saudi Arabia
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Mehad H. Al-Qasem, Osma Badar, Anwar M. Abokathiyah
DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2020.93885

Public awareness and attitude of the population of Al-Madinah Al-Munawwarah regarding the effects of sunlight and food on vitamin D homeostasis: A cross-sectional study
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Sultan S. Al Thagfan, Saleh A. Bahashwan, Ahmed M. AlJohani, Mohammed W. Azuny,
Eyad A. Domlo, Mohammad Y. Manqu, Salem S. Alhubayshi, Khaled Faisal Alhejail,
Salah M. El Sayed
DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2020.93886

Appendectomy as a risk factor for ectopic pregnancy in Taif city
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FarZana R. Arain, Lura A. Habib, Hadeel A. Alharthi, Tasneem H. Elsayed, Dhuha A. Alhumaidi, Lujain A. AlHarthi, Mai S. Althobaiti
DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2020.93887

Epidemiology of Hepatitis B in Salahaldeen
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Layla A. Hameed, Sarab Kahtan Abedalrahman, Marwah Imad Al Ameen
DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2020.93888

Attitude and Awareness Toward Heart Attack Symptoms and Lifesaving Actions Among Population of Western Region, KSA
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Ali M. Alabdali, Hessa A. Alshahrani, Athar I. Alqurashi, Maryam A. Alzaylaee, Rawan A. Althobaiti, Thekra I. Alsalmi
DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2020.93890

Risk Factors of Cervical Epithelial Cell Abnormality in Baghdad
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Asan Ali Qasim Al Niyazee, Ilham Majeed Abdulaaima, Luma Abdulrazzaq Mohammed Saleh, Sarab Kahtan Abedalrahman
DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2020.93889

Population and Community Studies

Patterns of Contact Lenses Use among female Students at Health Colleges of King Khalid University at Abha, KSA
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Safar Abadi Alsaleem, Dina Abdullah S. Asiri, Shatha Mahdi A alamry, Amani Hashem AbuHassan, Nouf Saad S Al-Shahrani, Norah Saad Alkahtani, Mohammed Abadi Alsaleem,
Awad S. Alsamghan
DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2020.93891

Factors associated with failure of exclusive breastfeeding among mothers of twins in Saudi Arabia
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Malak Mohammad Allihaibi
DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2020.93892

Monogenic diabetes: importance of genetic testing
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Rubena Ali Malik, Sabana Shaikh
DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2020.93893

Clinical Audit Report as preliminary step for Quality Improvement Project on Prescribing Proton Pump Inhibitors for appropriate indications in West Bay Health Center
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Samar Soliman, Mohamed Salem, Eman Mohamed, Sharief Khan, Abdul-Ali Shah, Wafaa Yousuf
DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2020.93894

Prevalence and association between sleep, stress, and physical activity among medical students in southern region, Saudi Arabia
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Shehata Farag Shehata, Mohammed Saad Alshahrani, Mohammed Saad Aldarami, Faisal Ali Asiri, Hashem Abdullah Alghamdi
DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2020.93895

Prevalence of fibromyalgia syndrome in chronic urticaria
[Abstract]
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Abdulsatar J. Mathkhor, Jinan Q. Mohammed
DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2020.93897

Virtual Pain Management Clinic during COVID-19 pandemic: Experience from Qatar
[Abstract]
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Khalid Ahmed, Hani Abdalla, Siddig Abdalla, Mouhand FM Mohamed, Yasir Hassan
DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2020.93898

Clinical Research and Methods

Telemedicine difficulties for Family Physicians in dermatological cases
[Abstract]
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Zeeshan Najam Khan
DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2020.93899

Case Report

Early Diagnosis of an Ectopic Pregnancy in patient with Irregular Menstrual Bleeding
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Samar Soliman, Mohammed Salem
DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2020.93900


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November 2020 - Volume 18, Issue 11

Perceptions of Patient Safety Culture among Physicians and Nurses in a Tertiary Hospital in Southwestern Saudi Arabia

Abdullah A. Alsabaani
Department of Family and Community Medicine, College of Medicine, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia
Correspondence:
Dr. Abdullah A. Alsabaani
Department of Family and Community Medicine,
College of Medicine, King Khalid University,
P.O. Box 641, Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Email: Abdullah alsabaani641@gmail.com

Received: September 2020; Accepted: October 2020; Published: November 1, 2020. Citation: Abdullah A. Alsabaani. Perceptions of Patient Safety Culture among Physicians and Nurses in a Tertiary Hospital in Southwestern Saudi Arabia. World Family Medicine. 2020; 18(11): 5-12 DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2020.93884

Abstract

Background: Patient safety has been one of the basic tenets of medicine and healthcare since the time of Hippocrates. The data regarding patient safety awareness among health care workers in southwestern Saudi Arabia is scarce.

Aim: To explore physicians and nurses’ overall attitudes and perceptions towards patient safety culture and to evaluate any differences in their cultures.

Methodology: This cross-sectional study of a representative sample of physicians and nurses working in a tertiary hospital was conducted using a self-administered questionnaire developed by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

Results: The study included 369 participants. Their ages ranged from 18 to 60 years, with a mean age of 28.9 ± 8.5 years. The majority of participants were females (70.7%). The mean score for the overall patient safety grade was 72.3. The highest rated patient safety dimensions (scores over 70%) were “teamwork within units”, “organizational learning-continuous improvement” and “feedback and communication about errors”. On the other hand, the lowest dimensions (scores less than 50%) were “non-punitive responses to errors” and “Staffing”. A statistically significant difference between physicians and nurses were found in 8 dimensions out of 12 dimensions of patient safety culture. The overall scores of the unit-level safety culture were significantly higher among nurses than among physicians (65.9% and 63.6%, respectively, P=0.022). Similarly, in the hospital-level safety culture, nurses hadsignificantly higher safety culture scores than physicians (68.1% and 58.4%, respectively, P=0.001).

Conclusions: Nurses and physicians scored patient safety differently. Their perceptions regarding “teamwork within units”, “organizational learning-continuous improvement” and “feedback and communication” were good. However, other patient safety dimensions need to be improved. Overall, nurses’ perceptions are significantly better than physicians’ perceptions. To improve healthcare delivery in the region, capacity-building programs should focus on improving the patient safety culture among health care providers, in general and with physicians in particular. Further studies are recommended among healthcare workers at other levels of healthcare in the region in order to improve patient safety practices.

Key words: Patient safety culture; Physicians;
Nurses; Saudi Arabia







 


 
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