Patient safety culture in primary and home care services
Abstract Background Safety culture is still a poorly studied subject in primary care and home care, although these settings are considered gateways to access to healthcare. This study aims to evaluate safety culture in primary and home care settings. Methods An observational cross-sectional study wa...
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| author | Letícia Martins Lousada Francisco Clécio da Silva Dutra Beatriz Viana da Silva Natália Lúcia Lima de Oliveira Ismael Brioso Bastos Patrícia Freire de Vasconcelos Rhanna Emanuela Fontenele Lima de Carvalho |
| author_facet | Letícia Martins Lousada Francisco Clécio da Silva Dutra Beatriz Viana da Silva Natália Lúcia Lima de Oliveira Ismael Brioso Bastos Patrícia Freire de Vasconcelos Rhanna Emanuela Fontenele Lima de Carvalho |
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| description | Abstract Background Safety culture is still a poorly studied subject in primary care and home care, although these settings are considered gateways to access to healthcare. This study aims to evaluate safety culture in primary and home care settings. Methods An observational cross-sectional study was carried out with 147 professionals from nine districts covered by one home care program and six primary healthcare centres. The Safety Attitudes Questionnaire (SAQ) was used to evaluate the safety culture, in which scores ≥75 are indicative of a positive safety culture. Results A total of 56 (86,1%) questionnaires returned from the home care professionals and 91 (86,6%) from the primary care professionals. The Job satisfaction domain was the best evaluated, achieving a score of 88.8 in home care and 75.1 in primary care. The achievement of high scores on Safety Climate, Job Satisfaction, Teamwork Climate, and Total SAQ was related to male gender, and time of professional experience of three to 4 years. Perception of management and Working conditions had the lowest scores, and this result was related with long time of experience. Conclusions It is concluded that professionals working in home care gave higher scores for safety culture in their workplace than the primary care workers. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1b559e9169ba44c186693f4b7f285c4c2022-12-22T02:40:30ZengBMCBMC Family Practice1471-22962020-09-012111710.1186/s12875-020-01263-1Patient safety culture in primary and home care servicesLetícia Martins Lousada0Francisco Clécio da Silva Dutra1Beatriz Viana da Silva2Natália Lúcia Lima de Oliveira3Ismael Brioso Bastos4Patrícia Freire de Vasconcelos5Rhanna Emanuela Fontenele Lima de Carvalho6Ceara State UniversityCeara State UniversityCeara State UniversityCeara State UniversityCeara State UniversityUniversity of the integration of Brazilian lusophonyCeara State UniversityAbstract Background Safety culture is still a poorly studied subject in primary care and home care, although these settings are considered gateways to access to healthcare. This study aims to evaluate safety culture in primary and home care settings. Methods An observational cross-sectional study was carried out with 147 professionals from nine districts covered by one home care program and six primary healthcare centres. The Safety Attitudes Questionnaire (SAQ) was used to evaluate the safety culture, in which scores ≥75 are indicative of a positive safety culture. Results A total of 56 (86,1%) questionnaires returned from the home care professionals and 91 (86,6%) from the primary care professionals. The Job satisfaction domain was the best evaluated, achieving a score of 88.8 in home care and 75.1 in primary care. The achievement of high scores on Safety Climate, Job Satisfaction, Teamwork Climate, and Total SAQ was related to male gender, and time of professional experience of three to 4 years. Perception of management and Working conditions had the lowest scores, and this result was related with long time of experience. Conclusions It is concluded that professionals working in home care gave higher scores for safety culture in their workplace than the primary care workers.http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12875-020-01263-1Patient safety culturePrimary careHome care services |
| spellingShingle | Letícia Martins Lousada Francisco Clécio da Silva Dutra Beatriz Viana da Silva Natália Lúcia Lima de Oliveira Ismael Brioso Bastos Patrícia Freire de Vasconcelos Rhanna Emanuela Fontenele Lima de Carvalho Patient safety culture in primary and home care services BMC Family Practice Patient safety culture Primary care Home care services |
| title | Patient safety culture in primary and home care services |
| title_full | Patient safety culture in primary and home care services |
| title_fullStr | Patient safety culture in primary and home care services |
| title_full_unstemmed | Patient safety culture in primary and home care services |
| title_short | Patient safety culture in primary and home care services |
| title_sort | patient safety culture in primary and home care services |
| topic | Patient safety culture Primary care Home care services |
| url | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12875-020-01263-1 |
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