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Status of patient safety culture in Arab countries: a systematic review.
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71 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Patient Safety Culture in Latin American Hospitals: A Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- Factors contributing to the patient safety culture in Saudi Arabia: a systematic review.BMJ open · 2020Pooled it
- Comparative Studies on Patient Safety Culture to Strengthen Health Systems Among Southeast Asian Countries.Frontiers in public health · 2020Pooled it
- Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture (HSPSC): a systematic review of the psychometric properties of 62 international studies.BMJ open · 2019Pooled it
- Safety attitudes in hospital emergency departments: a systematic review.International journal of health care quality assurance · 2019Pooled it
- Nurses' perceptions of patient safety culture measured by the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture in the Gulf Cooperation Council region: A systematic review.International journal of nursing studies advances · 2026Review
- Assessment of safety culture in adults and paediatric critical care units in governmental hospitals in Kuwait: a cross-sectional study.BMJ open · 2026Article
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- Improving Patient Safety Culture Perceptions in Resource-Limited Operating Rooms: A Nurse-Led Multifaceted Implementation of the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist.Journal of nursing management · 2026Article
- Exploring the perspective of nurses on factors influencing patient safety practices in a paediatric unit of a district hospital in Northern Ghana.BMC nursing · 2025Article
- Safety culture among healthcare professionals in psychiatric clinics: a study from a psychiatric hospital in Türkiye.BMC health services research · 2025Article
- Patient safety culture and associated factors among pharmacy professionals working in Bahir Dar City public hospitals using a pharmacy survey on patient safety culture (PSOPSC).BMC health services research · 2025Article
- Healthcare workers' perceptions of patient safety culture in emergency departments: a scoping review.BMJ open · 2025Article
- Patient safety attitude among intensive care unit physicians and nurses: a multi-center study in Egypt.The Journal of the Egyptian Public Health Association · 2025Article
- Assessment of a patient safety culture: a nationwide cross-sectional study comparing public and private hospitals in Kuwait.BMC health services research · 2025Article
- Patient safety education in undergraduate medical education through a global lens: a scoping review.BMC medical education · 2025Article
- The relationship between job stress and the perception of patient safety culture among Palestinian hospital nurses.BMC nursing · 2025Article
- Patient safety culture: Insights from a cross-sectional study among healthcare professionals.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2025Article
- Patient Safety Leaders' Perception of Patient Safety Practices in Eight Asia-Pacific Countries: Survey Based on the Global Patient Safety Action Plan Framework.Risk management and healthcare policy · 2025Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo explore the status of patient safety culture in Arab countries based on the findings of the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture (HSPSC).
designSystematic review.
methodsWe performed electronic searches of the MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, ProQuest and PsychINFO, Google Scholar and PubMed databases, with manual searches of bibliographies of included articles and key journals. We included studies that were conducted in the Arab countries that were focused on patient safety culture. 2 reviewers independently verified that the studies met the inclusion criteria and critically assessed the quality of the studies.
results18 studies met our inclusion criteria. The review identified that non-punitive response to error is seen as a serious issue which needs to be improved. Healthcare professionals in the Arab countries tend to think that a 'culture of blame' still exists that prevents them from reporting incidents. We found an overall similarity between the reported composite score for dimension of teamwork within units in all of the reviewed studies. Teamwork within units was found to be better than teamwork across hospital units. All of the reviewed studies reported that organisational learning and continuous improvement was satisfactory as the average score of this dimension for all studies was 73.2%. Moreover, the review found that communication openness seems to be a concerning issue for healthcare professionals in the Arab countries.
conclusionsThere is a need to promote patient safety culture as a strategy for improving the patient safety in the Arab world. Improving patient safety culture should include all stakeholders, like policymakers, healthcare providers and those responsible for medical education. This review was limited only to English language publications. The varied settings in which the HSPSC was used may have influenced the areas of strengths and weaknesses as healthcare workers' perception of safety culture may differ.
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