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Abstract
Background
The current coronavirus pandemic has profoundly impacted healthcare services across all dimensions. Patient safety culture stands as a pivotal element in enhancing safety and the quality of patient care. This study aimed to compare the patient safety culture in the COVID-19 ward with that in other inpatient wards.
Methods
In this cross-sectional study, 418 nurses were selected through a quota sampling method from an educational hospital in Western Iran. For data collection, the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture (HSOPSC), developed by AHRQ, was utilized. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, including mean and standard deviation (SD), as well as analytical statistics such as independent-samples t-test, Mann-Whitney test, Spearman's correlation test, and Kruskal-Wallis test. SPSS 25 was used for analysis, and the significance level was set at p ≤ 0.05.
Results
There was no statistically significant difference between the two groups (p > 0.05), but there were variations in the mean scores within different dimensions. The overall mean score of patient safety culture in the coronavirus ward was 117 ± 20.91, indicating a moderate to low level of patient safety culture in this group. In contrast, in other inpatient wards, the mean score was 122.66 ± 23.47.
Conclusion
In the coronavirus department, due to the heightened patient severity and increased nursing workload, the patient safety culture was rated as weak. Therefore, it demands specific attention from management to provide additional training for healthcare staff, aiming to enhance their performance in coping with stressful and unpredictable conditions.
期刊介绍:
International Journal of Africa Nursing Sciences (IJANS) is an international scientific journal published by Elsevier. The broad-based journal was founded on two key tenets, i.e. to publish the most exciting research with respect to the subjects of Nursing and Midwifery in Africa, and secondly, to advance the international understanding and development of nursing and midwifery in Africa, both as a profession and as an academic discipline. The fully refereed journal provides a forum for all aspects of nursing and midwifery sciences, especially new trends and advances. The journal call for original research papers, systematic and scholarly review articles, and critical papers which will stimulate debate on research, policy, theory or philosophy of nursing as related to nursing and midwifery in Africa, technical reports, and short communications, and which will meet the journal''s high academic and ethical standards. Manuscripts of nursing practice, education, management, and research are encouraged. The journal values critical scholarly debate on issues that have strategic significance for educators, practitioners, leaders and policy-makers of nursing and midwifery in Africa. The journal publishes the highest quality scholarly contributions reflecting the diversity of nursing, and is also inviting international scholars who are engaged with nursing and midwifery in Africa to contribute to the journal. We will only publish work that demonstrates the use of rigorous methodology as well as by publishing papers that highlight the theoretical underpinnings of nursing and midwifery as it relates to the Africa context.