Predicting Patient Safety Behaviors of Nurses in Inter-Hospital Transfer

Abstract

Purpose:The purpose of this study was to investigate predictors of nurses' patient safety behavior during inter-hospital transfer. The study was based on the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB). Methods: A descriptive survey design was used. Data were collected with a self-administrated 39-item questionnaire completed by 111 nurses from a university hospital in Seoul, South Korea. The questionnaire was developed based on the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) guideline and included measure of self-reported past patient safety behaviors, intentions, attitudes, subjective norms and perceived behavioral controls. Ethical approval was granted by the hospital review board. Hierarchical regression analyses were carried out. Results: The average score of patient safety behavior was 4.21±0.63 (5 point scale). The TPB variables explained 49.9%of the variance in patient safety behavior. Intention and subjective norm were the most significant predictors of nurses' patient safety behavior. Attitude was related to nurses'patient safety behavior. Conclusion: TPB variables predicted the nurses'patient safety behavior during inter-hospital transfer of patients except for perceived behavioral controls. The results of this study suggest that better strategies for subjective norms and intentions related to patient safety behavior will be helpful in safety culture reform.

Preventive Behavioral Insights for Emerging Adults: A Survey during the COVID-19 Pandemic

“…Higher scores indicated emerging adults’ perception that parents, friends, university, and official and non-official sources believed that they should perform preventive behavior. A previous study showed a Cronbach’s alpha coefficient of 0.96 [ 19 ]. The Cronbach’s alpha in this study was 0.76.…”

“…Subjective norms are individuals’ behavioral norms or beliefs that are shaped by their social environment such as friends, parents, or significant others; these social-environmental factors act as motivation for conforming to these norms [ 15 ]. Several studies have sought to demonstrate the effect of subjective norms in terms of health behaviors [ 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 ]. Recent evidence suggests that social norms, specifically among friends and family, are likely to lead people to adopt more preventive behaviors and to perform these behaviors more frequently during the COVID-19 pandemic in the USA [ 20 ].…”