The Effects of Patient Safety Culture Perception and Safety Control on the Patient Safety Management Activities of Psychiatric Ward Nurses

Abstract

Purpose: To provide basic data to find ways to increase the patient safety management activities of psychiatric ward nurses and establish measures for patient safety.Methods: The research was conducted with psychiatric nurses who had worked for > 6 months in 9 psychiatric hospitals across 3 regions. Data collection spanned June 16 to July 7, 2022, the research tools being patient safety culture perception, safety control, and patient safety nursing activities.Results: A hierarchical regression analysis showed the factors influencing patient safety management activities. In Model 1, factors of the position of the subject and number of accident reports in the past year appeared significant (F=6.63, <i>p</i><.001); the explanatory power was 9.8 %. In Model 2, patient safety culture perception appeared significant (F=15.26, <i>p</i><.001); explanatory power increased to 45.1 %. In Model 3, safety control appeared significant (F=14.63, <i>p</i><.001); explanatory power increased to 46.6 %. Among the perceptions of patient safety culture, communication, and procedures, incident-reporting frequency and hospital environment were identified as significant.Conclusion: The factors for psychiatric nurses' patient safety management activities are patient safety culture perception and safety control. Patient safety culture perception is a particularly important factor, and a strategy is needed to increase it.