Relationship between nurses' and physicians' perceptions of organizational health and quality of patient care

ABSTRACT

This study investigated the relationship between nurses' and physicians' perceptions of the organizational health of a hospital and the quality of patient care. Data were collected using 2 self-report questionnaires from 75 nurses and 49 physicians working in 4 intensive care units in a university-affiliated hospital in Saudi Arabia. Among the determinants of hospital health in the modified Quality Work Competence questionnaire [12 domains], teamwork was the highest scoring determinant [mean percentage score 70.5 [SD 11.8]]; however it was not significantly correlated with any of the predictors of quality of patient care. In the Quality of Patient Care questionnaire [7 domains] quality results was the highest scoring predictor [69.7 [SD 14.3]]. There was a significant positive correlation between participants' perception of overall mean percentage scores on the determinants of organizational hospital health and the predictors of the quality of patient care [r = 0.26]. In contrast, patient-centred care had no significant positive correlation with any of the studied hospital health determinants