Journal article
Safety Culture, Patient Safety, and Quality of Care Outcomes: A Literature Review
Western journal of nursing research, Vol.41(2), pp.279-304
02/01/2019
DOI: 10.1177/0193945917747416
PMID: 29243563
Abstract
This integrative literature review was conducted to examine the relationships between safety culture and patient safety and quality of care outcomes in hospital settings and to identify directions for future research. Using a search of six electronic databases, 17 studies that met the study criteria were selected for review. This review revealed semantic inconsistencies, infrequent use of a theory or theoretical framework, limited discussions of validity of instruments used, and significant methodological variations. Most notably, this review identified a large array of nonsignificant and inconsistent relationships between safety culture and patient safety and quality of care outcomes. To improve understanding of the relationships, investigators should consider using a theoretical framework and valid measures of the key concepts. Researchers should also give more attention to selecting appropriate sampling and data collection methods, units of analysis, levels of data measurement and aggregation, and statistical analyses.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Safety Culture, Patient Safety, and Quality of Care Outcomes: A Literature Review
- Creators
- Seung Eun Lee - University of Massachusetts LowellLinda D. Scott - University of Wisconsin–MadisonV. Susan Dahinten - University of British ColumbiaCatherine Vincent - University of Illinois at ChicagoKaren Dunn Lopez - University of Illinois at ChicagoChang Gi Park - Univ Illinois, Chicago, IL USA
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Western journal of nursing research, Vol.41(2), pp.279-304
- Publisher
- Sage
- DOI
- 10.1177/0193945917747416
- PMID
- 29243563
- ISSN
- 0193-9459
- eISSN
- 1552-8456
- Number of pages
- 26
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 02/01/2019
- Academic Unit
- Nursing
- Record Identifier
- 9984370654202771
Metrics
49 Record Views