Factors Influencing Perspectives Of Selected Health Care Professionals On Patient Involvement In Patient Safety At Tertiary Care Women’s Hospitals In Colombo District

Abstract

Purpose Patient safety always interplays with the other key components of health care system. Therefore, patient safety management is a collective task involving medical administrators, clinicians and clients. Overall aim should be to minimize or avoidance of recognizable errors and mistakes rather than zero adverse events. Adverse events reporting is minimal or no in low income countries leading to difficulties in assessing the exact situation in such countries. The patients are given little or no opportunity to involve in patient safety issues at present in our country. Factors contributing to HCP participation in patient safety issues is minimally assessed in our country. The aim of this research is to describe extent of factors which can affect the HCP participation in patient safety issues. Methodology This is a hospital-based descriptive, cross-sectional study were carried out in tertiary care Women’s hospitals in the Colombo district. The sample size is 422. Stratified random sampling method were used to get the required sample size. The data was collected using a self-administered questionnaire. Findings Result showed that all three selected HCPs were in general agreement that factors were positively influencing patient involvement in patient safety. Although, results of patient related and illness related factors showed statistically significant difference among selected HCP groups. However, uniformity noted on HCP related and health care setting related factors among three different HCP groups. Originality/value Perspectives of HCPs on patient involvement in patient safety survey, which was done in SL for the first time in a government maternity hospital in Sri Lanka.