Development and Effectiveness of a Patient Safety Education Program for Inpatients.

Sun Hwa Shin,Eun Hye Lee,Ho Jin Moon,Mi Jung Kim

doi:10.3390/ijerph18063262

Abstract

Background: Patient safety is considered an important issue in the field of healthcare, and most advanced countries. Purpose: This study was designed to evaluate a patient safety education program among hospitalized patients. Of the 69 participants, 33 completed the patient safety education program while the 36 remaining participants were given educational booklets. The program was used to measure knowledge about patient safety, patient safety perception, and willingness to participate in patient safety. Methods: Patient safety education was developed by the analysis–design–development–implementation–evaluation model considering expert advice, patient needs, and an extensive literature review. Data were collected from 20 July to 13 November 2020. Data were analyzed using SPSS statistical program. The effectiveness of the experimental and control groups before and after education was analyzed using paired t-tests, and the difference in the amount of increase in the measured variables for each group was analyzed using independent t-tests. Results: The experimental group had significantly higher patient safety scores (t = 2.52, p = 0.014) and patient safety perception (t = 2.09, p = 0.040) than those of the control group. However, there was no significant difference between the two groups regarding the willingness to participate in patient safety. Conclusion: The patient safety education program developed using mobile tablet PCs could be an effective tool to enhance patient involvement in preventing events that may threaten the safety of patients. Further studies are recommended to develop a variety of educational interventions to increase patient safety knowledge and perceptions of patients and caregivers.

Highlights

The patient safety education program developed using mobile tablet PCs could be an effective tool to enhance patient involvement in preventing events that may threaten the safety of patients
After application of the patient safety education program, the willingness to participate in patient safety score (4.64 ± 7.99) of the experimental group was higher than that of the control group (3.28 ± 7.83), but the difference in the amount of increase between the two groups was not significant (t = 0.71, p = 0.478)
There was significant improvement in the knowledge and awareness of patient safety in the experimental group that was exposed to the patient safety education program as compared to the control group that received safety education via printed educational materials

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Introduction

The importance of “patient safety” has been emphasized ever since the Institute of Medicine (IOM) reported that inpatients are more likely to die from adverse events than by traffic accidents [1,2,3]. Patient safety is considered an important issue in the field of healthcare, and most advanced countries have introduced patient safety reporting systems to prevent the recurrence of adverse events and prepared related laws to establish a patient safety management system [4,5]. Patient safety is considered an important issue in the field of healthcare, and most advanced countries. Purpose: This study was designed to evaluate a patient safety education program among hospitalized patients. Methods: Patient safety education was developed by the analysis–design–development–implementation–evaluation model considering expert advice, patient needs, and an extensive literature review.

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