Predictors of healthcare professionals' attitudes towards family involvement in safety-relevant behaviours: a cross-sectional factorial survey study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To investigate predictors of healthcare professionals' (HCPs) attitudes towards family involvement in safety-relevant behaviours.

Design

A cross-sectional fractional factorial survey that assessed HCPs' attitudes towards family involvement in two error scenarios relating to hand hygiene and medication safety. Each survey comprised two randomised vignettes that described the potential error, how the family member communicated with the HCP about the error and how the HCP responded to the family member's question.

Setting

5 teaching hospitals in London, the Midlands and York. HCPs were approached on a range of medical and surgical wards.

Participants

160 HCPs (73 doctors; 87 nurses) aged between 21 and 65 years (mean 37) 102 were female.

Outcome meas

SUBMITTER: Davis R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4158212 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature