Evaluation of the Attitudes about Patient Safety in
Perioperative Care
Background: Improving patient safety is an increasing priority
for health workers who have roles in perioperative care about patient
safety. Also, patient safety initiatives aimed at creating a safe
operating room culture are increasingly being adopted. This study aims
to evaluate the attitudes of health workers who have roles in
perioperative care about patient safety.
Methods: The cross-sectional study was conducted in a state
hospital in the eastern part of Turkey between January 2018 and March
2018 with the participation of 129 volunteer health workers including
surgeons, surgical technicians, nurses and other health workers who have
roles in perioperative care by using the SAQ-OR instrument.
Results: An analysis of the relationship between SAQ-OR total
and sub-scales score and age indicated a positive, significant
relationship between Teamwork Climate, Job Satisfaction, Safety Climate,
Working Conditions and SAQ-OR total scores (p<0.05). Besides,
Job Satisfaction, Perceptions of Management, Safety Climate sub-scales
and weekly working hours indicated a positive, statistically significant
relationship (p<0.01).
Conclusion: Participating health personnel’s attitudes towards
operating rooms were found to be low. More attention should be attached
on the issue by the hospital administration in order to improve patient
safety culture which was not found at good levels.
Keywords: Perioperative care, Safety Attitudes Questionnaire,
Patient Safety