Patients' knowledge, awareness, and attitude regarding patient safety at a teaching hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Aims: Our primary objective is to investigate the baseline status of patients' awareness, knowledge, and attitudes to patient safety. The secondary objective of this research is to determine factors that influence patients' knowledge regarding patient safety. Methods: We performed a cross-...
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| author | Abdullah A Alnasser Ibraheem A Aldeeri Waleed M Aljamal Khalid A Sharahili Yousef A Alturki |
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| description | Aims: Our primary objective is to investigate the baseline status of patients' awareness, knowledge, and attitudes to patient safety. The secondary objective of this research is to determine factors that influence patients' knowledge regarding patient safety. Methods: We performed a cross-sectional study with a targeted sample of 410 patients at King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Self-administered paper-based questionnaires were distributed to outpatient clinics on February 2, 2019 until March 20, 2019. Finally, the data were analyzed by (SPSS). Results: There were 450 questioners distributed, and 410 were completed and returned (91% response rate). Most of the patients were below the age of 50 (77.9%), 54.8%, of them were females, and almost half received higher education (54.1%). Among the respondents who are taking drugs, 21.6% do not have any knowledge about the side effects of their drugs, and 47.8% of patients said that their physicians do not tell them the side effects of their prescribed drugs. Whereas 20.7% of patients claimed that they experienced a medical error, 66.3% did not report the errors, and the reason was not knowing how to report or to whom in 54.4% of the patients. In regards of infection control, 47% of the participants misunderstood means to prevent the spread of the infections and how it could be transmitted. Conclusion: Patients' knowledge about patient safety need to be improved. We suggest educating the patients by providing training programs for patients, and we recommend further studies. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-acc69bea5bd3437f8c084f1c7d15b2d42022-12-21T17:51:00ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsJournal of Family Medicine and Primary Care2249-48632020-01-019105236524110.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_587_20Patients' knowledge, awareness, and attitude regarding patient safety at a teaching hospital, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaAbdullah A AlnasserIbraheem A AldeeriWaleed M AljamalKhalid A SharahiliYousef A AlturkiAims: Our primary objective is to investigate the baseline status of patients' awareness, knowledge, and attitudes to patient safety. The secondary objective of this research is to determine factors that influence patients' knowledge regarding patient safety. Methods: We performed a cross-sectional study with a targeted sample of 410 patients at King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Self-administered paper-based questionnaires were distributed to outpatient clinics on February 2, 2019 until March 20, 2019. Finally, the data were analyzed by (SPSS). Results: There were 450 questioners distributed, and 410 were completed and returned (91% response rate). Most of the patients were below the age of 50 (77.9%), 54.8%, of them were females, and almost half received higher education (54.1%). Among the respondents who are taking drugs, 21.6% do not have any knowledge about the side effects of their drugs, and 47.8% of patients said that their physicians do not tell them the side effects of their prescribed drugs. Whereas 20.7% of patients claimed that they experienced a medical error, 66.3% did not report the errors, and the reason was not knowing how to report or to whom in 54.4% of the patients. In regards of infection control, 47% of the participants misunderstood means to prevent the spread of the infections and how it could be transmitted. Conclusion: Patients' knowledge about patient safety need to be improved. We suggest educating the patients by providing training programs for patients, and we recommend further studies.http://www.jfmpc.com/article.asp?issn=2249-4863;year=2020;volume=9;issue=10;spage=5236;epage=5241;aulast=Alnassercorona virusinfection controlmedical errorsmedication safetynosocomial infectionspatient safety |
| spellingShingle | Abdullah A Alnasser Ibraheem A Aldeeri Waleed M Aljamal Khalid A Sharahili Yousef A Alturki Patients' knowledge, awareness, and attitude regarding patient safety at a teaching hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care corona virus infection control medical errors medication safety nosocomial infections patient safety |
| title | Patients' knowledge, awareness, and attitude regarding patient safety at a teaching hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
| title_full | Patients' knowledge, awareness, and attitude regarding patient safety at a teaching hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
| title_fullStr | Patients' knowledge, awareness, and attitude regarding patient safety at a teaching hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Patients' knowledge, awareness, and attitude regarding patient safety at a teaching hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
| title_short | Patients' knowledge, awareness, and attitude regarding patient safety at a teaching hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
| title_sort | patients knowledge awareness and attitude regarding patient safety at a teaching hospital riyadh saudi arabia |
| topic | corona virus infection control medical errors medication safety nosocomial infections patient safety |
| url | http://www.jfmpc.com/article.asp?issn=2249-4863;year=2020;volume=9;issue=10;spage=5236;epage=5241;aulast=Alnasser |
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