Relationship between adverse events prevalence, patient safety culture and patient safety perception in a single sample of patients: a cross-sectional and correlational study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess the relationship between adverse events prevalence (AEP), patient safety culture (PSC) and patient safety perception (PSP).

Design

Cross-sectional, ex post facto comparative study on a single sample of patients.

Setting

Four medium-high-level hospitals were included in the study-two public and two private from Zulia State in Venezuela.

Participants

556 medical records and patients were studied for the prevalence and PSP study, and 397 of the healthcare providers involved in the care of these patients were surveyed for the PSC study, at two public and two private hospitals.

Outcome measurement

The primary outcome of this study was the association between AEP, PSC and PSP, and according to hospital funding type, private and public.

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SUBMITTER: Chirinos Munoz MS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10450132 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature