Healthcare professionals' knowledge, attitudes and skills regarding patient safety: a systematic
literature review
Engelsk titel: Healthcare professionals' knowledge, attitudes and skills regarding patient safety: a systematic
literature review
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Författare:
Brasaite, Indre
;
Kaunonen, Marja
;
Suominen, Tarja
Email: indre.brasaite@uta.fi
Språk: Eng
Antal referenser: 62
Dokumenttyp:
Översikt
UI-nummer: 15043612
Sammanfattning
The purpose of this literature review was to determine the extent of existing knowledge about
healthcare professionals' knowledge, attitudes and skills related to patient safety. A systematic
review was performed using two electronic databases: MEDLINE (Ovid) and CINAHL (EBSCO) for the
period 2000-2012. The inclusion criteria were peer-reviewed articles or empirical studies, published
in English. The focus groups of the study were physicians, head nurses, nurses and nurse
assistants. Altogether, 18 studies met the criteria and were included. Inductive content analysis was
carried out to analyse and categorise the data. The investigated themes regarding healthcare
professionals' knowledge of patient safety were their existing knowledge level, knowledge deficits
and knowledge improvement. Results considered the target groups' overall attitudes to patient
safety, attitudes to event reporting and safety attitude improvement. The investigations into
healthcare professionals' skills included mathematical skills and those related to achieving patient
safety. From this review, it is concluded that further research should be conducted into the
investigation of healthcare professionals' knowledge and skills in patient safety. Published by
arrangement with John Wiley & Sons.