Attitudes of Critical Care Nurses towards Teamwork and Patient Safety in Saudi Arabia: A Descriptive Cross-Sectional Assessment
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Design and Setting
2.2. Participants
2.3. Procedure
2.4. Measures
2.5. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
References
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Variables | Frequency (n) | Percentage (%) | |
---|---|---|---|
gender | |||
female | 52 | 76.5 | |
male | 16 | 23.5 | |
age | |||
18 to 28 years | 28 | 41.2 | |
29 to 39 years | 29 | 42.6 | |
40 years and above | 11 | 16.2 | |
education | |||
graduate | 37 | 54.4 | |
master’s | 19 | 27.9 | |
diploma | 12 | 17.6 | |
marital status | |||
single | 42 | 61.8 | |
married | 13 | 19.1 | |
others | 13 | 19.1 | |
work experience | |||
1 to 4 years | 22 | 32.3 | |
5 to 10 years | 36 | 53.0 | |
10 years and above | 10 | 14.7 |
TAQ and Its Subscales | TAQ Score Range Min–Max | TAQ Scores Mean |
---|---|---|
team structure | 6–30 | 24.50 |
leadership | 6–30 | 23.75 |
simulation monitoring | 6–30 | 25.61 |
mutual support | 5–25 | 18.12 |
communication | 5–25 | 19.25 |
TAQ total score | 28–140 | 114.23 |
SAQ Subscales | Mean | SD |
---|---|---|
teamwork climate | 66.09 | 15.12 |
safety climate | 67.11 | 17.70 |
job satisfaction | 70.49 | 21.46 |
stress recognition | 57.01 | 19.26 |
hospital/unit management | 62.43 | 16.57 |
working conditions | 63.14 | 20.50 |
Safety Attitude | ||
---|---|---|
teamwork attitude | Correlation Coefficient | 0.451 ** |
Sig. (2-tailed) | 0.0001 | |
N | 68 |
Teamwork Attitude | Safety Attitude | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Variables | B | 95% CI | p Value | B | 95% CI | p Value |
Gender | 0.46 | 0.12–1.0 | 0.076 | 0.11 | 0.01–0.24 | 0.021 |
Age | −0.53 | −0.51–−0.29 | 0.544 | 0.17 | 0.01–0.32 | 0.829 |
Education | 0.21 | 0.02–1.12 | 0.041 | 0.14 | 0.04–0.26 | 0.568 |
Marital Status | −0.62 | −0.58–−0.43 | 0.053 | 0.26 | 0.08–0.42 | 0.624 |
Work Experience | 0.24 | 0.01–1.20 | 0.018 | 0.10 | 0.06–0.15 | 0.001 |
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Moussa, F.L.; Moussa, M.; Sofyani, H.A.; Alblowi, B.H.; Oqdi, Y.A.; Khallaf, S.; Alharbi, H.S.; Albarqi, A. Attitudes of Critical Care Nurses towards Teamwork and Patient Safety in Saudi Arabia: A Descriptive Cross-Sectional Assessment. Healthcare 2022, 10, 1866. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10101866
Moussa FL, Moussa M, Sofyani HA, Alblowi BH, Oqdi YA, Khallaf S, Alharbi HS, Albarqi A. Attitudes of Critical Care Nurses towards Teamwork and Patient Safety in Saudi Arabia: A Descriptive Cross-Sectional Assessment. Healthcare. 2022; 10(10):1866. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10101866
Chicago/Turabian StyleMoussa, Fatchima L., Mahaman Moussa, Hussain Ahmed Sofyani, Bander Hammad Alblowi, Yahia Ahmad Oqdi, Saleh Khallaf, Hamad S. Alharbi, and Ahmed Albarqi. 2022. "Attitudes of Critical Care Nurses towards Teamwork and Patient Safety in Saudi Arabia: A Descriptive Cross-Sectional Assessment" Healthcare 10, no. 10: 1866. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10101866
APA StyleMoussa, F. L., Moussa, M., Sofyani, H. A., Alblowi, B. H., Oqdi, Y. A., Khallaf, S., Alharbi, H. S., & Albarqi, A. (2022). Attitudes of Critical Care Nurses towards Teamwork and Patient Safety in Saudi Arabia: A Descriptive Cross-Sectional Assessment. Healthcare, 10(10), 1866. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10101866