Patient Safety Culture in Nurses in Karawang,
Indonesia: A Cross-Sectional Study

Patient Safety Culture in Nurses in Karawang,
Indonesia: A Cross-Sectional Study

patient safety, culture, nurses, Indonesia

Patient safety is crucial for health care quality and is one of the major
parameters monitored by all health care organizations around the world. Nurses play a
critical role in improving the quality of care and patient safety because they take care of
patients for the full 24 hours and engage with families and other health professionals.
Thus, this study aimed to identify patient safety culture and its associated factors
among nurses in Karawang, Indonesia. This study was conducted using a crosssectional design. It was estimated that 220 participants would be needed to have
confidence in the results at a medium-effect size. A convenience sampling technique
was applied to select participants. This study used the Hospital Survey on Patient
Safety Culture questionnaire. Linear regression analyses were used to investigate
the factors associated with patient safety culture. Most of the nurses (52.79%) had a
nursing diploma and 7% had been married. Approximately 70% were nurses at the level
1 to 3 range. The mean score was 3.05 (SD = 1.43). The highest domains score was
teamwork (4.03, SD = 1.76), and the lowest score was reporting patients’ safety events
(2.21, SD = 1.43). Gender, education level, and working unit contributed significantly to
the variance in patient safety culture and the R-squared was 28.8%. This study found
that patient safety culture among nurses was moderate. Therefore, in order to improve
patient safety, a training program for nurses is needed alongside strategies to improve
professional communication

Lilis Suryani1,2*, Santhna Letchmi2 and Faridah Binti Moch Said2

IVCN
The International Virtual Conference on Nursing

2022

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