Abstract:
Introduction: Patient safety culture is defined as the shared attitudes, beliefs, and values among
staff members within an organization towards patient safety. Today, there is a lot of anxiety
about the safety of medical care. Patient injury is a challenge for worldwide public health,
especially in emerging and transitional nations. This study aimed to asess patient safety culture
and associated factors among health care professionals in Jimma zone public
hospitals,Jimma,Southwest Ethiopia, 2022.
Method: Institutional-based cross-sectional study was conducted among 422 health-care
professionals selected using simple random sampling from May 30 to June 30, 2022. A
pretested self-administered questionnaire was used to collect data. Data were cleaned ,coded and
entered into Epi-Data version 4.6 and exported to SPSS version 25.0. for analysis. Bivariable
and multivariable logistic regression analysis were carried out to identify the true effects of the
selected independent variables on the outcome variable. All variables having a p-value of < 0.25
are considered a candidate for multivariable logistic regression. Adjusted odds ratios together
with their corresponding 95% confidence intervals and a p-value of < 0.05 were used to declare
statistical significance in the final multivariable logistic regression model.
Result: A total of 409 respondents gave complete responses with a response rate of 96.9%. More
than half, 234(57.2%) with [95% CI: (48.0-57.5)] had good patient safety culture. Three out of
12 composite measures had higher positive responsesresponses [Teamwork within unit(77%),
Feedback and coomunication about error (76%), and Organizational learning/continuous
improvements (74%)]. In the final model of multivariable logestic regression analysis, working
40 and less hours per week in a hospital [AOR=2.87, 95% CI= 1.53-5.36] and reporting adverse
events in the past 12 months [AOR=2.03, 95% CI=1.30-3.18] were were factors independently
associated with the good level of Patient safety culture.
Conclusion: The study indicated that the overall level of patient safety culture was above 50%.
The resut revealed that working hours spent in hospital and reporting occurrence of adverse
events were important factors that increased level of patient safety culture. As a result, the study
findings point to the necessity of creating and putting into practice patient safety culture
improvement strategies to provide patients with the highest possible standard of care
