Involving patients and carers in patient safety in primary care: A qualitative study of a co-designed patient safety guide.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Involving patients is a key premise of national and international policies on patient safety, which requires understanding how patients or carers want to be involved and developing resources to support this. This paper examines patients' and carers' views of being involved in patient safety in primary care and their views of potentially using a co-designed patient safety guide for primary care (PSG-PC) to foster both involvement and their safety.

Methods

A qualitative study using semistructured face-to-face interviews with 18 patients and/or carers in primary care. Interviews were transcribed and analysis was conducted using an inductive thematic approach.

Results

Overall participants expressed enthusiasm for the PSG-PC as a tool to support patients and car

SUBMITTER: Morris RL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10010084 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature