Patient safety culture in primary health care: Medical office survey on patient safety culture in a Brazilian family health strategy setting.

ABSTRACT:

Study objectives

To assess the patient safety culture in Primary Health Care (PHC) setting after the transition to the Family Health Strategy (FHS) model in a Brazilian metropolitan area and compare the results between the categories of health care professionals.

Methods

A cross-sectional study including 246 workers from primary health care services in Federal District, Brazil. Data collection took place from October to December 2019 through the Medical Office Survey on Patient Safety Culture (MOSPSC) application. Patient safety culture was considered positive when the score was above 60%. For comparisons between the categories of health care professionals', the ANOVA and Kruskal-Wallis test were used for composite percent positive scores, and Pearson's chi-square or Fishers

SUBMITTER: Araujo GL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9321378 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature