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: Received: 26 July 2023 / Approved: 26 July 2023 / Online: 27 July 2023 (10:33:06 CEST)
How to cite:
Ahmed, S. S.; Rijswijk, S. P. V.; Farooq, A. Work Climate, Improved Communication, and Cohesive Work Linked with Patient Safety Culture: Findings from a Sports Medicine Hospital. Preprints2023, 2023071879. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202307.1879.v1
Ahmed, S. S.; Rijswijk, S. P. V.; Farooq, A. Work Climate, Improved Communication, and Cohesive Work Linked with Patient Safety Culture: Findings from a Sports Medicine Hospital. Preprints 2023, 2023071879. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202307.1879.v1
Ahmed, S. S.; Rijswijk, S. P. V.; Farooq, A. Work Climate, Improved Communication, and Cohesive Work Linked with Patient Safety Culture: Findings from a Sports Medicine Hospital. Preprints2023, 2023071879. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202307.1879.v1
APA Style
Ahmed, S. S., Rijswijk, S. P. V., & Farooq, A. (2023). Work Climate, Improved Communication, and Cohesive Work Linked with Patient Safety Culture: Findings from a Sports Medicine Hospital. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202307.1879.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Ahmed, S. S., Samantha Poblete van Rijswijk and Abdulaziz Farooq. 2023 "Work Climate, Improved Communication, and Cohesive Work Linked with Patient Safety Culture: Findings from a Sports Medicine Hospital" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202307.1879.v1
Abstract
Background: This study aims to investigate the patient safety culture at a sports medicine hospital and explore quality of healthcare and associated factors. Methods: In a cross-sectional study design, the tool Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture (HSOPC) was administered online among staff at a sports medicine hospital in Doha, Qatar. About 319 staff participated from 898 staff who received emails (35.5%). Results: The results showed that 49.2% of the staff rated the patient safety grade as excellent and 36.1% as very good, which sums up to 85.3%. Factors associated with better patient safety grade were work climate (OR 10.3 95% CI (3.2 to 33.6); teamwork OR 7.6 95% CI (2.8 to 20.9) and team communication (OR 2.9 95% CI (1.1 to 7.6). Conclusions: Addressing the work climate, enhancing communication, and cohesive work within teams facilitates a culture of trust that improves patient safety grade. Ensuring quick return to play is a team effort involving multiple disciplines, hence a high performance and safety culture can enhance teamwork. Reducing punitive response to error and encouraging staff and supervisors are key areas that can improve safety culture in sports medicine organizations, and efforts should be placed in this area.
Keywords
Patient Safety; Organizational Culture; Quality Improvement; Accreditation; Sports Medicine Hospital
Subject
Public Health and Healthcare, Other
Copyright:
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