Patient Safety Culture among Health Workers in Addis Ababa regional Hospitals, Ethiopia

Abstract

Background: Improving patient safety highly depends on achieving a culture that supports health workers to report their errors without the fear of punishment. Despite policy emphasis on patient safety in Ethiopia only little studies examine the perception of health workers on patient safety. Objective: The main objective of this study was to assess the magnitude of patient safety culture and associated factors among health workers in Addis Ababa regional hospitals. Methods: Facility based cross sectional study was conducted to assess the magnitude of patient safety culture and associated factors. Results: Magnitude of patient safety culture among health workers in Addis Ababa regional hospitals was 44% CI [42.75,45.36]. Among the 12 dimensions of patient safety " Team work with in Units " (74.78%) was the highest. The least score was for the dimension of " Nonpunitive Response to Errors " (28.70). Five of the 12 dimensions scored above 50%. Only 35 % of respondents gave very good and excellent grades and only 44% of respondents reported at least one event in the past 12 months. Conclusion: Magnitude of patient safety culture for regional hospitals in Addis Ababa was 44 % which is below the acceptable average value (50%), which requires responsible parties' attention.

Patient Safety Culture and Associated Factors Among Health-Care Providers in the University of Gondar Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia

“…The overall level of the PSC of this study is higher when compared with the study conducted in Addis Ababa, 23 and Bale Zone hospital of Ethiopia. 26 This might be due to the difference in the study setting and the small sample size.…”

“… 14–22 In Ethiopia studies conducted on Nurses showed that the overall patient safety culture ranged from 44%-58%. 23–27 …”

“…Different studies revealed that socio-demographic characteristics such as age, gender, work experience, and educational status significantly affected patient safety culture. 23 , 28–30 Regarding work-related influencing factors; patient involvement, participation in the patient safety program, and reporting adverse drug reaction are important factors that influence patient safety culture. 24 , 26 , 31 Organizational factors like leadership style, accreditation status, and infrastructure can affect patient safety culture.…”

Labor pain management practices and associated factors in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

“…The NOS score for the articles, which are included in this systematic review and meta-analysis, ranged from five to nine. Two of the studies 19,32 scored as satisfactory, 14 studies 12,18,[28][29][30][31][33][34][35][36][37][38][39] were scored as good, two studies 10,21 were scored as very good. Two studies 15,20 scored ≤5 of the quality assessment criteria and were excluded from the final analysis.…”

“…All the included 17 studies were cross-sectional in their study design. The overall data regarding the magnitude of labor pain management practices was obtained from different parts of Ethiopia: four studies from each 10,12,21,28 and Oromia, [29][30][31][32] three studies from South Nations and Nationalities People region (SNNPR), [33][34][35] two studies from each Addis Ababa 36,37 and Sidama, 19,38 one study from each Harari 18 and Tigray 39 regions. The data collection method employed in two of the studies 12,39 was interviewer administered while the remaining 15 studies used self-administered questionnaire.…”