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Healthcare Professional's Perception of Patient Safety Measured by the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
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44 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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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
- Breast cancer patients' perceptions of safety: insights from the Italian NHS.BMC health services research · 2025Article
- Patient Safety Culture of Hospitals in Southern Laos: A Cross-Sectional Study Using the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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- Nurses' attitudes towards factors determining the safety of patients treated in pediatric departments.Frontiers in health services · 2025Article
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- Assessment of patient safety culture in Moroccan primary health care: a multicentric study.BMC nursing · 2024Article
- Pharmacy-Based Influenza Vaccination: A Study of Patient Acceptance in Romania.Risk management and healthcare policy · 2024Article
- Work Climate, Improved Communication, and Cohesive Work Linked with Patient Safety Culture: Findings from a Sports Medicine Hospital.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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- Patient-Safety Culture among Emergency and Critical Care Nurses in a Maternal and Child Department.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Patient safety culture in South America: a cross-sectional study.BMJ open quality · 2023Article
- Perceived patient safety culture and its associated factors among clinical managers of tertiary hospitals: a cross-sectional survey.BMC nursing · 2023Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo assess the culture of patient safety in studies that employed the hospital survey on patient safety culture (HSOPS) in hospitals around the world.
methodWe searched MEDLINE, EMBASE, SCOPUS, CINAHL, and SciELO. Two researchers selected studies and extracted the following data: year of publication, country, percentage of physicians and nurses, sample size, and results for the 12 HSOPS dimensions. For each dimension, a random effects meta-analysis with double-arcsine transformation was performed, as well as meta-regressions to investigate heterogeneity, and tests for publication bias.
results59 studies with 755,415 practitioners surveyed were included in the review. 29 studies were conducted in the Asian continent and 11 in the United States. On average studies scored 9 out of 10 methodological quality score. Of the 12 HSOPS dimensions, six scored under 50% of positivity, with "nonpunitive response to errors" the lowest one. In the meta-regression, three dimensions were shown to be influenced by the proportion of physicians and five by the continent where survey was held.
conclusionsThe HSOPS is widely used in several countries to assess the culture of patient safety in hospital settings. The culture of culpability is the main weakness across studies. Encouraging event reporting and learning from errors should be priorities in hospitals worldwide.
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