ArticleBMJ quality & safety2019
Can patients contribute to safer care in meetings with healthcare professionals? A cross
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- Engaging patients in patient safety: a qualitative study examining healthcare managers and providers' perspectives.BMC nursing · 2022Article
- Developing the first pan-Canadian survey on patient engagement in patient safety.BMC health services research · 2021Article
- What constitutes feeling safe at home? A qualitative interview study with frail older people receiving home care.Nursing open · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo investigate patients' perceptions of their meetings with healthcare professionals and the extent to which they believe they can influence patient safety in these meetings.
designCross-sectional survey of patients using a study-specific questionnaire. Data were analysed using both parametric and non-parametric statistics.
settingThe study was conducted in primary and secondary care in three county councils in southeast Sweden by means of a survey questionnaire despatched in January 2017.
participantsSurvey data were collected from 1445 patients, 333 of whom were complainants (patients who had filed a complaint about being harmed in healthcare) and 1112 regular patients (patients recruited from healthcare units).
main outcome measuresPatients' perceptions of meetings with physicians and nurses, beliefs concerning patients' contributions to safer care and whether the patients had suffered harm in healthcare during the past 10 years.
resultsMost respondents reported that it was easy to ask physicians and nurses questions (84.9% and 86.6%) and to point out if something felt odd in their care (77.7% and 80.7%). In general, complainants agreed to a higher extent compared with regular patients that patients can contribute to safer care (mean 1.92 and 2.13, p<0.001). Almost one-third (31.2%) of the respondents (both complainants and regular patients) reported that they had suffered harm in healthcare during the past 10 years.
conclusionsMost respondents believed that healthcare professionals can facilitate patient interaction and increase patient safety by encouraging patients to ask questions and take an active part in their care. Further research will need to identify strategies to support such questioning in routine practice and ensure that it achieves its intended goals.
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