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https://doi.org/10.2478/10004-1254-65-2014-2462
Are nurse presenteeism and patient safety culture associated: a cross-sectional study
Hana Brborović
orcid.org/0000-0003-0844-0054
; Department of Occupational Health and Sports Medicine, University of Zagreb School of Medicine, Andrija Štampar School of Public Health, Zagreb, Croatia
Ognjen Brborović
; Department of Social Medicine and Organization of Health, Zagreb, Croatia
Vlatka Brumen
; Department of ManagerialSystems & Occupational Environment3, University of Applied Health Studies, Zagreb, Croatia
Gordana Pavleković
; Department of Social Medicine and Organization of Health, Zagreb, Croatia
Jadranka Mustajbegović
; Department of Occupational Health and Sports Medicine, University of Zagreb School of Medicine, Andrija Štampar School of Public Health, Zagreb, Croatia
Sažetak
Working as a nurse involves great dedication and sacrifice: working night shifts, working overtime, and coming to work sick. The last is also known as presenteeism. Research has shown that poor nurse performance can affect both caregiver’s and patient’s safety. The aim of this cross-sectional study was to investigate whether nurse presenteeism affected patient safety culture and to look deeper into the characteristics of nurse presenteeism and patient safety culture in Croatia. The study was conducted in one general hospital in Croatia over April and May 2012 and specifically targeted medical nurses as one of the largest groups of healt care professionals. They were asked to fill two questionnaires: the six-item Stanford Presenteeism Scale (SPS-6) and the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture (HSOPSC). We found no association between presenteeism and patient safety culture. Overall positive perception of safety was our sample’s strength, but other dimensions were positively rated by less than 65 % of participants. The lowest positive response concerned “nonpunitive response to error”, which is consistent with previous studies. Presenteeist nurses did not differ in their characteristics from nurses without presenteeism (gender, age, years of experience, working hours, contact with patients and patient safety grades). Our future research will have to include a broader healthcare population for us to be able to identify weak spots and suggest improvements toward high-quality and cost-effective health care.
Ključne riječi
Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture; occupational health; sickness; Stanford Presenteeism Scale
Hrčak ID:
122923
URI
Datum izdavanja:
11.6.2014.
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