Affiliations: [a] Department of Occupational Health Engineering, Faculty of Health, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran
| [b] Health Sciences Research Center, Addiction Institute, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran
| [c] Department of Ergonomics, School of Health, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
| [d] Department of Occupational Health Engineering, Faculty of Health, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran
| [e] Clinical Research Development Unit of Rouhani Hospital, Babol University of Medical Science, Babol, Iran
| [f] Department of Occupational Health and Safety Engineering, Faculty of Health, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
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Address for correspondence: Mehran Ghalenoei, Department of Occupational Health Engineering,
Faculty of Health, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran. E-mail: ghalenoy@gmail.com.
Abstract: BACKGROUND:Job-related psychosocial factors have a substantial effect on the occurrence of adverse events among healthcare professionals. OBJECTIVE:An analytical and descriptive survey was conducted to evaluate the relationship between the occurrence of patient safety incidents and psychological factors. METHODS:The study sample consisted of 177 nurses who were asked about patient safety events over six months. Repetitive patient safety incidents were selected by examining medical records and interviewing specialists. Also, psychological factors were assessed using job content questionnaire (JCQ). RESULTS:Repetitive patient safety incidents were involved medication administration error, pressure ulcer and skin-muscular injuries, patient falls, inability to CPR patients, blood transfusion reactions, and death due to human error. The findings showed that 92 participants (52%) had at least one case of patient safety incident. Among patient safety incidents, medication administration error and death due to human error had the highest and lowest repletion, respectively. Nurses training, job insecurity and peer support were significant predictors of different aspects of patient safety (p < 0.05). CONCLUSION:Proper collaboration between new and experienced nurses can have a significant impact to reduce patient safety incidents. In addition, nursing training can be a good way to understand risk points in medical errors.
Keywords: Safety patient, nurse, job content, psychosocial factors, medical errors
DOI: 10.3233/WOR-210086
Journal: Work, vol. 74, no. 4, pp. 1391-1399, 2023
