Perspectives of healthcare professionals in Qatar on causes of medication errors: A mixed methods study of safety culture.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is a lack of robust, rigorous mixed methods studies of patient safety culture generally and notably those which incorporate behavioural theories of change. The study aimed to quantify and explain key aspects of patient safety culture which were of most concern to healthcare professionals in Qatar.

Methods

A sequential explanatory mixed methods design of a cross-sectional survey followed by focus groups in Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar. All doctors, nurses and pharmacists were invited to complete the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture (HSOPS). Respondents expressing interest in focus group participation were sampled purposively, and discussions based on survey findings using the Theoretical Domains Framework (TDF) to explain behavioural determinants

SUBMITTER: Stewart D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6161876 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature