Attitudes towards patient safety among physicians and nurses in Iranian governmental teaching hospitals: a cross-sectional survey.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To assess and compare attitudes towards patient safety among physicians and nurses in Iranian governmental teaching hospitals and to identify factors associated with attitudes towards patient safety.

Design

An institution-based, cross-sectional survey was carried out from July to August 2023.

Setting

10 governmental teaching hospitals in Tehran, Iran.

Participants

The study participants comprised a random sample of 186 nurses and 90 physicians who had worked for at least 6 months in their current hospitals.

Outcome measures

The primary outcome measures were mean and SD scores for individual items and the nine main patient safety domains assessed by the Attitudes Toward Patient Safety Questionnaire-III. The secondary outcome measure was the pro

SUBMITTER: Kakemam E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11555109 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature