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. 2017 Sep-Oct;33(5):1210-1214.
doi: 10.12669/pjms.335.13615.

Operating room professionals' attitudes towards patient safety and the influencing factors

Pinar Ongun  1 , Seyda Seren Intepeler  2
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Operating room professionals' attitudes towards patient safety and the influencing factors

Pinar Ongun et al. Pak J Med Sci. 2017 Sep-Oct.

Abstract

Objective: To determine operating room professionals'attitudes towards patient safety and the influencing factors.

Methods: This study was conducted in research hospitals in Izmir, Turkey using descriptive, cross-sectional and correlation research designs. The sample of this study consisted of 477 individuals including nurses, physicians and anesthesia technicians. Data were collected using the Sociodemographic and Working Characteristics Form and the Safety Attitudes Questionnaire. Descriptive statistics method, and Pearson's correlation and the multiple regression models were used for data analysis.

Results: Operating room professionals' attitudes towards patient safety were at moderate levels. Regarding the influencing factors, team cooperation obtained the highest score, whereas stress recognition obtained the lowest score. As a result of the regression analysis, age, male gender and receiving patient safety training explains 15.4% of the professionals' safety attitudes.

Conclusions: Receiving patient safety training was found to be the most important variable of all.

Keywords: Attitude of Health Personnel; Operating room; Patient safety.

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Conflict of interest statement

Declaration of Interest: No conflict of interest has been declared by the authors.

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