Background and aims： Patient plays an important role in preventing the adverse events （AEs） and harms occurredduring medical care; however, the incidence of AEs and harms can be effectively reduced if patients acti...Background and aims： Patient plays an important role in preventing the adverse events （AEs） and harms occurredduring medical care; however, the incidence of AEs and harms can be effectively reduced if patients actively andsuccessfully participate in their care. Organizations of safety management for patients and authorities of health systemagree that involve patients into the management on their care can obviously prevent medical error; whereas, the attitudesand actual actions of hospitalized patients for the view remain controversial. In this study, we aimed to explored patients’attitudes and actual actions participate in their own safety and whether patients with positive attitude are more likely totake action than others？ Methods： In the present cross-sectional study, convenience sampling method was adopted torecruit a sample size consist of 2052 patients from two teaching hospitals affiliated to Medical College of ShantouUniversity located in Shantou China. We used a questionnaire consist of 7 items to investigate the attitudes and actualactions of hospitalized patients participating in their care. Then the actual actions between patients with positive andnegative attitudes were analyzed using descriptive analysis and independent t-test. Results： Most patients have a positiveattitude on engaging in their safety management activity. Although most patients have positive attitude, fewer can takeactual actions. Patients with positive attitude are more likely to take actions, but there are not statistical significantdifference for positive and negative attitudes patients in terms of some items, such as “Ask doctor or nurse to wash theirhands” and “Ask nurse or doctor to confirm your identity”, etc. Conclusions： Positive attitude is an important factor thatimproves the rate of participating in the medical care activity for patients. Based on the results of current study,interventions that improve the attitude of patient are needed to improve patients’ attitude and what is more important ishow to convert attitude into actual action. When making plan of interventions, cultural background of patients need to betaken into account.展开更多
文摘Background and aims： Patient plays an important role in preventing the adverse events （AEs） and harms occurredduring medical care; however, the incidence of AEs and harms can be effectively reduced if patients actively andsuccessfully participate in their care. Organizations of safety management for patients and authorities of health systemagree that involve patients into the management on their care can obviously prevent medical error; whereas, the attitudesand actual actions of hospitalized patients for the view remain controversial. In this study, we aimed to explored patients’attitudes and actual actions participate in their own safety and whether patients with positive attitude are more likely totake action than others？ Methods： In the present cross-sectional study, convenience sampling method was adopted torecruit a sample size consist of 2052 patients from two teaching hospitals affiliated to Medical College of ShantouUniversity located in Shantou China. We used a questionnaire consist of 7 items to investigate the attitudes and actualactions of hospitalized patients participating in their care. Then the actual actions between patients with positive andnegative attitudes were analyzed using descriptive analysis and independent t-test. Results： Most patients have a positiveattitude on engaging in their safety management activity. Although most patients have positive attitude, fewer can takeactual actions. Patients with positive attitude are more likely to take actions, but there are not statistical significantdifference for positive and negative attitudes patients in terms of some items, such as “Ask doctor or nurse to wash theirhands” and “Ask nurse or doctor to confirm your identity”, etc. Conclusions： Positive attitude is an important factor thatimproves the rate of participating in the medical care activity for patients. Based on the results of current study,interventions that improve the attitude of patient are needed to improve patients’ attitude and what is more important ishow to convert attitude into actual action. When making plan of interventions, cultural background of patients need to betaken into account.
