Assessment of a patient safety culture: a nationwide cross-sectional study comparing public and private hospitals in Kuwait.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Several international health bodies advocate measuring patient safety culture within an organisation as an effective strategy for sustainably improving safety. This study aims to assess and compare patient safety culture across public and private hospitals in Kuwait.

Methods

A cross-sectional study was conducted utilising the Hospital Survey of Patient Safety Culture. The questionnaire was distributed among clinical staff in public general and private hospitals. Data analysis using Microsoft Excel and SPSS 23 (α level = 0.05) provided an overview of participant characteristics and patient safety culture scores. A model for predicting the determinants of patient safety culture score was constructed from a regression analysis.

Results

A total of 890 questionn

SUBMITTER: Alsaleh FM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12016318 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature