Safety Culture Through Patient Voice: Qualitative Validation of the Patients' Perceptions of Safety Culture Scale (PaPSC) in Cardiology and Cardiothoracic Surgery.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The 11-item Patients' Perception of Safety Culture Scale (PaPSC) measures patients' perceptions of the safety culture within healthcare organizations. While patients can respond to these items, factors such as limited knowledge, unclear roles and insufficient information may influence their assessments. Despite previous research on the PaPSC, no qualitative validation has been conducted. This study addresses this gap by exploring patients' perspectives on safety culture.

Methods

A qualitative, exploratory approach was adopted, employing problem-centred interviews with patients from the cardiology and cardiothoracic surgery wards of a tertiary care university hospital. Thematic coding combining deductive and inductive methods was used to identify predefined and emer

SUBMITTER: Monaca C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11882746 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature