Department of Preventive Dental Sciences, College of Dentistry, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, 31441, Saudi Arabia.
Department of Dental Education, College of Dentistry, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, 31441, Saudi Arabia.
BMC Oral Health. 2024 Jul 21;24(1):826. doi: 10.1186/s12903-024-04610-1.
Safe patient care can help reduce treatment costs, morbidity, and mortality. This study aimed to assess dentists' perceptions of patient safety culture and related factors in the Eastern region of Saudi Arabia.
This cross-sectional study used a sample of 271 dental professionals working in private and public dental hospitals and clinics in the Eastern region of Saudi Arabia. The Safety Attitude Questionnaire (SAQ), a validated tool consisting of 36 items on a 5-point Likert scale, was used to assess dentists' perceptions of patient safety culture. The score of SAQ ranges from 0 to 100 and a cut-off ≥ 75 is considered a positive attitude toward patient safety culture.
There were 53.9% males and 46.1% females in the study with a mean age of 35.56 ± 6.87 years. Almost half of the participants (52%) attended a course on patient safety and 22.1% experienced medical error in the last month. The mean score of the SAQ of the sample was 65.14 ± 13.03 and the patient safety score was significantly related to the marital status (P = 0.041), attendance of patient safety course (P < 0.001), and experience of medical error (P = 0.008). The highest mean score (73.27 ± 20.11) was for the job satisfaction domain, followed by the safety climate domain (67.69 ± 16.68), and working conditions domain (66.51 ± 20.43). About one-quarter of the participants (22.5%) demonstrated positive attitudes toward patient safety culture. Multiple logistic regression analysis showed that dental professionals who attended a patient safety course were 4.64 times more likely to demonstrate positive attitudes toward patient safety than those who did not attend a course (P < 0.001).
This study showed that patient safety culture was significantly related to the attendance of safety courses, marital status, and experiencing medical error. About one out of four dental professionals demonstrated a positive attitude towards patient safety culture which was significantly associated with the attendance of the safety course.
安全的患者护理有助于降低治疗成本、发病率和死亡率。本研究旨在评估沙特阿拉伯东部地区牙医对患者安全文化的认知和相关因素。
本横断面研究采用了沙特阿拉伯东部地区私人和公立医院和诊所的 271 名牙科专业人员的样本。使用经过验证的 36 项 5 点李克特量表的安全态度问卷（SAQ）评估牙医对患者安全文化的认知。SAQ 的分数范围为 0 到 100，得分≥75 被认为对患者安全文化持积极态度。
研究中有 53.9%的男性和 46.1%的女性，平均年龄为 35.56±6.87 岁。近一半的参与者（52%）参加过患者安全课程，22.1%的参与者在上个月经历过医疗差错。样本的 SAQ 平均得分为 65.14±13.03，患者安全得分与婚姻状况（P=0.041）、参加患者安全课程（P<0.001）和经历医疗差错（P=0.008）显著相关。最高平均得分（73.27±20.11）是工作满意度领域，其次是安全氛围领域（67.69±16.68）和工作条件领域（66.51±20.43）。约四分之一的参与者（22.5%）对患者安全文化表现出积极态度。多变量逻辑回归分析显示，参加患者安全课程的牙医比未参加课程的牙医对患者安全文化表现出积极态度的可能性高 4.64 倍（P<0.001）。
本研究表明，患者安全文化与参加安全课程、婚姻状况和经历医疗差错显著相关。约四分之一的牙医对患者安全文化表现出积极态度，这与参加安全课程显著相关。
