Alayed Abdulrahman S, Lööf Helena, Johansson Unn-Britt
Int J Health Care Qual Assur. 2014;27(7):581-93. doi: 10.1108/ijhcqa-04-2013-0042.
The purpose of this paper is to examine nurses' attitudes towards safety culture in six Saudi Arabian intensive care units (ICUs).
DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH: The study is descriptive with a cross-sectional design. The Safety Attitude Questionnaire (SAQ)-ICU version was distributed and 216 completed questionnaires were returned.
The findings provide a basis for further research on Saudi Arabian ICU safety culture. This study showed that the SAQ-ICU can be used to measure safety climate to identify areas for improvement according to nurse attitudes and perceptions. Findings indicate that ICU safety culture is an important issue that hospital managers should prioritise.
The SAQ-ICU questionnaire, used to measure safety climate in Saudi Arabian ICUs, identifies service strengths and improvement areas according to attitudes and perceptions.
ORIGINALITY/VALUE: To the knowledge, this is the first study to use SAQ to examine nurses' safety culture attitudes in Saudi Arabian ICUs. The present findings provide a baseline and further details about Saudi Arabian ICU safety. Study participants represented nine nationalities, indicating the nursing workforce's diversity, which is expected to continue in the future. Such a nursing cultural heterogeneity calls for further studies to examine and evaluate attitudes and values to improve ICU safety culture.
本文旨在研究沙特阿拉伯六个重症监护病房（ICU）护士对安全文化的态度。
设计/方法/途径：本研究采用描述性横断面设计。发放了《安全态度问卷》（SAQ）ICU版，共收回216份完整问卷。
研究结果为进一步研究沙特阿拉伯ICU安全文化提供了依据。本研究表明，SAQ-ICU可用于衡量安全氛围，根据护士的态度和认知确定改进领域。研究结果表明，ICU安全文化是医院管理者应优先考虑的重要问题。
SAQ-ICU问卷用于衡量沙特阿拉伯ICU的安全氛围，根据态度和认知确定服务优势和改进领域。
原创性/价值：据了解，这是第一项使用SAQ研究沙特阿拉伯ICU护士安全文化态度的研究。目前的研究结果提供了沙特阿拉伯ICU安全的基线和更多细节。研究参与者代表九个国籍，表明护理人员队伍的多样性，预计未来这种情况还会持续。这种护理文化的异质性要求进一步开展研究，以审视和评估态度与价值观，从而改善ICU安全文化。
