Factors related to the patient safety climate in an emergency hospital.

OBJECTIVE: to verify the relationship between the socio-demographic and work profile of the nursing professionals and the patient safety climate in a public emergency hospital. METHOD: a cross-sectional study carried out with 177 nursing professionals from a public emergency hospital. For data collection, the Safety Attitudes Questionnaire - Short Form 2006 was used, validated and cross-culturally adapted to the Portuguese language. To check the factors related to the instrument's domains, bivariate and multivariate analyses were performed. RESULTS: working in the medical and surgical clinic or emergency room, on a night shift, and having the intention to leave nursing, reduced the general safety climate in the multiple regression analysis. The younger professionals, with less than four years in the institution, and those who worked in the night shift had a lower safety climate related to the perception of the management. On the other hand, having a work contract with a hired worker improved the general safety climate and workplace satisfaction. CONCLUSION: identifying predictors on patient safety scores is an important management tool that allows diagnosing, planning and executing activities from the domains that need to be improved.

Factors related to the patient safety climate in an emergency hospital / Fatores relacionados ao clima de segurança do paciente em hospital de urgências / Factores relacionados con el clima de seguridad del paciente en un hospital de urgencias

Objective: to verify the relationship between the socio-demographic and work profile of the nursing professionals and the patient safety climate in a public emergency hospital. Method: a cross-sectional study carried out with 177 nursing professionals from a public emergency hospital. For data collection, the Safety Attitudes Questionnaire - Short Form 2006 was used, validated and cross-culturally adapted to the Portuguese language. To check the factors related to the instrument's domains, bivariate and multivariate analyses were performed. Results: working in the medical and surgical clinic or emergency room, on a night shift, and having the intention to leave nursing, reduced the general safety climate in the multiple regression analysis. The younger professionals, with less than four years in the institution, and those who worked in the night shift had a lower safety climate related to the perception of the management. On the other hand, having a work contract with a hired worker improved the general safety climate and workplace satisfaction. Conclusion: identifying predictors on patient safety scores is an important management tool that allows diagnosing, planning and executing activities from the domains that need to be improved.

Objetivo: verificar a relação entre o perfil sociodemográfico e laboral dos profissionais de enfermagem e o clima de segurança do paciente de um hospital público de urgências. Método: estudo transversal realizado com 177 profissionais de enfermagem de um hospital público de urgências. Para a coleta de dados, foi utilizado o Safety Attitudes Questionnaire - Short Form 2006, validado e adaptado transculturalmente para a língua portuguesa. Para verificar os fatores relacionados aos domínios do instrumento, foram realizadas análises bivariadas e multivariáveis. Resultados: atuar na clínica médica e cirúrgica ou pronto-socorro, em turno noturno e possuir intenção de sair da enfermagem diminuiu o clima de segurança geral, em análise de regressão múltipla. Os profissionais mais novos, com menos de quatro anos na instituição e os que atuavam no turno noturno apresentaram menor clima de segurança relacionado à percepção da gerência. Em contrapartida, ter vínculo de trabalho celetista melhorou o clima de segurança geral e a satisfação no trabalho. Conclusão: identificar preditores sobre os escores de segurança do paciente é uma importante ferramenta gerencial que permite diagnosticar, planejar e executar atividades a partir dos domínios que precisam ser aprimorados.

Objetivo: verificar la relación entre el perfil sociodemográfico y laboral de los profesionales de enfermería y el clima de seguridad del paciente en un hospital público de urgencias. Método: estudio transversal realizado con 177 profesionales de enfermería de un hospital público de urgencias. Para la recopilación de datos, se utilizó el Safety Attitudes Questionnaire - Short Form 2006, validado y adaptado transculturalmente al idioma portugués. Para verificar los factores relacionados con los dominios del instrumento se realizaron análisis bivariados y multivariados. Resultados: actuar en la clínica médica y quirúrgica o en la sala de emergencias, en un turno nocturno, y tener la intención de abandonar la enfermería, redujo el clima de seguridad general en el análisis de regresión múltiple. Los profesionales más jóvenes, con menos de cuatro años en la institución, y aquellos que trabajaban en el turno nocturno tuvieron un clima menor de seguridad relacionado con la percepción de la gerencia. Por otro lado, tener un contrato de trabajo con un trabajador contratado mejoró el clima general de seguridad y la satisfacción laboral. Conclusión: identificar los predictores en las puntuaciones de seguridad del paciente es una herramienta de gestión importante que permite diagnosticar, planificar y ejecutar actividades desde los dominios que deben mejorarse.

Evaluation of the patient safety climate in hospitalization units: a cross-sectional study. / Avaliação do clima de segurança do paciente em unidades de internação hospitalar: um estudo transversal.

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the perception of nurses from different hospitalization units of a teaching hospital in Goiás about the climate of patient safety. METHOD: An analytical cross-sectional study carried out using the Safety Attitudes Questionnaire - Short Form 2006, translated and validated for use in Brazil. All the ethical precepts in research were respected. RESULTS: Fifty (50) nurses participated in the study. The general perception of the climate of patient safety was unfavorable. The worst perception was related to Management Perception, and the best was associated with Job Satisfaction. All hospitalization units also presented an unfavorable general safety climate, but the analysis by domains indicated differences in which the maternal-infant and pediatric units had the highest number of means considered positive (≥ 75), mainly in the domains of Teamwork Climate and Job Satisfaction. There was a moderate correlation between the domain of Teamwork Climate with the domains of Safety Climate, Management Perception, Job Satisfaction and Working Conditions. There was also a moderate correlation between the domains of Safety Climate and Working Conditions. CONCLUSION: The results indicate weaknesses that allow directing the management for improvement actions for the sake of patient safety.