Safety climate and related factors in rehabilitation nurses of hospitals in Iran

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Vatani, Javad^a | Arami, Mahmoud^b | Khanikosarkhizi, Zahra^c | Shahabi Rabori, Mohammad Ali^d | Khandan, Mohammad^e | Dehghan, Naser^f | Aminizadeh, Mohsen^g | Poursadeqiyan, Mohsen^{h; i} | Jafari, Mojtaba^{j; *}

Affiliations: [a] Department of Occupational Health Engineering, Guilan Road Trauma Research Center, School of Health, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran | [b] Department of Occupational Medicine, Iran Medical University, Tehran, Iran | [c] Student Research Committee, Kerman Medical University, Kerman, Iran | [d] Department of Anatomical Sciences, Afzalipour Faculty of Medicine, Kerman Medical University, Kerman, Iran | [e] Department of Occupational Health, Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran | [f] Occupational Medicine Research Center, Iran Medical University, Tehran, Iran | [g] Health in Emergencies and Disasters Research Center, Institute for Futures Studies in Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran | [h] Department of Occupational Health Engineering, School of Health, Torbat Heydariyeh University of Medical Sciences, Torbat Heydariyeh, Iran | [i] Health Sciences Research Center, Torbat Heydariyeh University of Medical Sciences, Torbat Heydariyeh, Iran | [j] Department of Nursing, Bam University of Medical Sciences, Bam, Iran

Correspondence: [*] Address for correspondence: Mojtaba Jafari, Department of Nursing, Bam University of Medical Sciences, Bam, Iran. E-mail: [email protected].

Abstract: BACKGROUND:Safety climate is a common insight of staff that indicates individuals’ attitudes toward safety and priority of safety at work. OBJECTIVES:Nursing is a risky job where paying attention to safety is crucial. The assessment of the safety climate is one of the methods to measure the safety conditions in this occupation. The aim of this study was to assess the safety climate of rehabilitation nurses working in hospitals in Tehran. METHODS:This is a cross-sectional study which was carried out on 140 rehabilitation nurses selected from all hospitals and clinics in Tehran in 2019. To collect the required data, a two-section questionnaire was used. The first section was related to demographic factors and the second part (22 statements) was to measure the safety climate using nurses’ safety climate assessment questionnaire. The collected data were analyzed by SPSS V16 using independent t-test, ANOVA, Kruskal-Wallis and Mann-Whitney U test at the 5% level. RESULTS:Findings showed that the total mean of safety climate was 3.06±0.56. According to the results, a significant difference was found between the positive and negative satisfaction of nurses with safety climates (P-value = 0.03), communication with nurses (P-value = 0.01) and supervisors’ attitude (P-value = 0.02). Furthermore, a significant difference in safety climate between the individual with the second job and the individual without second could be observed (P-value = 0.01). CONCLUSIONS:The results indicated that the safety climate was not at an acceptable level. Thus, it is essential to introduce safety training courses (e.g. safety, work-rest balance, and so on) and to improve the safety performance at work.

Keywords: Safety attitude, hospital safety, patient safety, job satisfaction

DOI: 10.3233/WOR-203368

Journal: Work, vol. 68, no. 1, pp. 189-196, 2021