Current situation and influencing factors of patient safety culture among medical staffs in 4 hospitals of Shenzhen City / 重庆医学

ABSTRACT

Objective To analyze the status quo and influencing factors of patient safety culture among medical staffs in the hospitals of Shenzhen City to provided reference for its improvement and conduct the patient safety culture research by other medical institutions.Methods The Patient Safety Culture Questionnaire of Medical Institutions(PSCHO) was adopted to investigate on 1000 medical persons from February to May 2016.Results The total score of patient safety culture in medical staffs was (3.53±0.40) and,the difference among different categories of medical persons had no statistical significance (P＞ 0.05).The differences among the medical staffs with different working ages,communication frequency with patients,training times,concern frequency had statistical difference(P＜0.05).Conclusion The patient safety culture level in Shenzhen City is higher.However,the sense of blame and shame is one of the important factors impeding the promotion of the patient safety culture in hospitnl.Hospital should conduct the targeted improvement to the related factors affecting the patient safety culture from the aspects of organism,department and individual level.