Patient safety culture through the lenses of surgical patients: a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patient engagement and learning from patients' experiences may increase patient safety and reduce the occurrence of adverse events. Most adverse events are related to surgery, and patient outcomes are positively associated with patient safety culture. This study aimed to explore former surgical patients' perspectives and experiences of adverse events and patient safety culture during their surgical pathway and identify themes relevant to adverse event causes and quality improvement projects.

Methods

The design of this qualitative study was explorative, utilizing an abductive approach. We purposefully recruited former surgical patients from Norwegian user organizations based on group characteristics sampling. The participants were 57% men and 43% women, aged 35 to

SUBMITTER: Vikan M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11804094 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature