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Syed Sajid Ahmed1, Samantha Poblete van Rijswijk2, Abdulaziz Farooq3
1Quality Management, Aspetar, Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital, Doha 29222, Qatar.
Background:
This study aims to investigate the patient safety culture at a sports medicine hospital and explore the quality of healthcare and associated factors.
Methods:
In a cross-sectional study design, the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture (HSOPC) tool was administered online among staff at a sports medicine hospital in Doha, Qatar. Out of 898 staff who received an email invitation, 504 participated (56.1%).
Results:
The results showed that 48.0% of the staff rated the patient safety grade as excellent and 37.5% as very good, totaling 85.5%. Factors associated with excellent or very good patient safety grades were management support OR 4.7 95% CI (1.8 to 12.3); team communication OR 3.0 95% CI (1.4 to 6.3), supervisor action supporting patient safety OR 3.5 95% CI (1.7 to 7.0) and other items related to work area such as working together: OR 3.0 95% CI (1.2 to 7.6), helping out busy areas OR 2.5 95% CI (1.1 to 5.5) and having good procedures and systems: OR 2.8 95% CI (1.4 to 5.8).
Conclusions:
Addressing management support, enhancing communication, and cohesive work within the work area facilitates a culture of trust that improves patient safety grades.
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