Patient Safety Culture and Associated Factors among Healthcare Professionals in Public Hospitals of Jimma Zone,Southwest Ethiopia,2022

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