Krishnasamy, Karthikayini and Zakaria, Mohd Idzwan and Narayanan, Vairavan and Chinna, Karuthan and Hasnan, Nazirah and Tan, Maw Pin (2024) Interprofessional Comparisons in Patient Safety Culture at a Teaching Hospital Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health, 36 (6-7). pp. 603-609. ISSN 1010-5395, DOI https://doi.org/10.1177/10105395241260541.
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The COVID-19 pandemic has posed unprecedented challenges with its impact on patient safety culture and staff well-being. This study was to identify potential changes in safety culture among health care workers from before to during the COVID-19 pandemic, and to determine the differences across occupational groups. The Safety Attitudes Questionnaire (SAQ) was administered electronically in both English and Malay languages using the Google Forms platform in 2018 and was repeated in 2021, during the COVID-19 pandemic. Comparisons were made between 2018 and 2021 to determine changes in patient safety culture for the overall staff population and by occupational groups. A total of 3175 health care workers completed the questionnaire in 2021. Overall, a comparable percentage agreement was found for all SAQ domains in 2018 and 2021 with visible improvements for doctors and support staff. Safety Attitudes Questionnaire domain scores differed in teamwork, safety climate, perception of hospital management, and working condition domains across occupational groups. Self-isolation and COVID-19 were associated with poorer SAQ domain scores, while redeployment was associated with improvements in SAQ domain scores. Interventions targeting areas of weakness as well as utilizing positive experiences such as redeployment should be explored to enhance patient safety in hospitals settings postpandemic.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Funders: | UNSPECIFIED |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | patient safety culture; COVID-19 pandemic; Safety Attitudes Questionnaire; interprofessional |
| Subjects: | R Medicine > R Medicine (General) |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Medicine Faculty of Medicine > Medicine Department Faculty of Medicine > Rehabilitation Medicine Department Faculty of Medicine > Surgery Department Universiti Malaya Universiti Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC) |
| Depositing User: | Ms. Juhaida Abd Rahim |
| Date Deposited: | 16 Jan 2025 01:56 |
| Last Modified: | 16 Jan 2025 01:56 |
| URI: | http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/46890 |
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