Baseline assessment of patient safety culture in primary care centres in Kuwait: a national cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Assessments of the culture surrounding patient safety can inform healthcare settings on how their structures and processes impact patient outcomes. This study investigated patient safety culture in Primary Health Care Centres in Kuwait, and benchmarked the findings against regional and international results. This study also examined the association between predictors and outcomes of patient safety culture in these settings.

Methods

This cross-sectional quantitative study used the Medical Office Survey on Patient Safety Culture. The study was targeted at staff of all the Primary Health Care Centres in Kuwait with at least one year of experience. Data were analysed using SPSS 23 at a significance level of ≤ .05. Univariate (means, standard deviations, frequencies, p

SUBMITTER: ALFadhalah T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8555195 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature