ArticleHeliyon2018
Relationship between big five personality factors, problem solving and medical errors.
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- Personality, capability, and context: a 30 year integrative review and theoretical expansion of the Big Five framework.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Pooled it
- Association of nursing error, just culture, and personality type: Health system promotion approach.Journal of education and health promotion · 2026Article
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- The influencing factors of clinical nurses' problem solving dilemma: a qualitative study.International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being · 2022Article
- Factors affecting the recurrence of medical errors in hospitals and the preventive strategies: a scoping review.Journal of medical ethics and history of medicine · 2022Article
- The Relationship between Self-Directed Learning and Problem-Solving Ability: The Mediating Role of Academic Self-Efficacy and Self-Regulated Learning among Nursing Students.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundHuman behavior is recognized as the main factor in the occurrence of accidents (70-90 percent), with human personality and problem solving ability as two related factors in the occurrence of medical errors (annually 42.7 million in the world). The objectives of this study were to investigate the relationship between personality factors, problem solving ability and medical errors. MATERIAL AND
methodsThis study was a questionnaire case control study. Information on 49 members of medical and nursing staff with medical errors (case group) and 46 without medical errors (control group) were analyzed. To collect the data, two Heppner problem solving questionnaires and the NEO-Five Factor Inventory were used, which were completed by the study population.
resultsThe results illustrate that individuals without medical errors showed higher scores in contentiousness, extraversion and agreeableness and lower scores in neuroticism than those with medical errors. Individuals without medical errors also showed higher scores in problem solving ability scales than those with medical errors.
conclusionResults of this study, suggest that personality factors and problem solving ability are related to medical errors and it may be possible for hospital authorities to use this knowledge when selecting capable medical staff.
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