Factors Associated with the Patient Safety Activities among Home-Visit Caregiver: A Cross-Sectional Study
Background Home-visit care should prioritize patient safety and promote positive safety awareness to maintain caregivers' commitment to providing safe care. This descriptive study aims to examine the relationship between home-visit caregivers' knowledge, attitudes, awareness of patient saf...
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| description | Background Home-visit care should prioritize patient safety and promote positive safety awareness to maintain caregivers' commitment to providing safe care. This descriptive study aims to examine the relationship between home-visit caregivers' knowledge, attitudes, awareness of patient safety, and safety-related activities. Methods The participants were 210 adult home-visit caregivers, aged 20 years or older, with more than six months of experience working at six long-term care centers in Daejeon Metropolitan City. Data were collected using a structured self-report questionnaire to measure participants’ general characteristics and their patient safety knowledge, attitudes, awareness, and activities, and analyzed using SPSS/WIN version 28.0. Results This study demonstrated that patient safety activities were significantly positively correlated with patient safety knowledge (r=0.63, p<0.001), patient safety attitude (r=0.49, p<0.001), and patient safety awareness (r=0.69, p<0.001). The factors affecting patient safety activities were patient safety awareness and patient safety knowledge, with an explanatory power of 55%. Conclusion To practice patient safety activities and maintain a desirable attitude, an educational strategy that promotes cognitive change, such as a systematic and continuous practice-oriented campaign, is needed. Furthermore, efforts to improve the working environment to extend the tenure of experienced caregivers are required. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-ba7a89eaef7d403fa66f80601b54f2e32025-08-20T03:30:36ZengKorea Geriatrics SocietyAnnals of Geriatric Medicine and Research2508-47982508-49092025-06-0129215916810.4235/agmr.24.01591180Factors Associated with the Patient Safety Activities among Home-Visit Caregiver: A Cross-Sectional StudySoon-hee Cho0Sujin Kang1Youngji Kim2 Department of Nursing, College of Nursing and Health, Kongju National University, Gongju, Republic of Korea College of Nursing, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea Department of Nursing, College of Nursing and Health, Kongju National University, Gongju, Republic of KoreaBackground Home-visit care should prioritize patient safety and promote positive safety awareness to maintain caregivers' commitment to providing safe care. This descriptive study aims to examine the relationship between home-visit caregivers' knowledge, attitudes, awareness of patient safety, and safety-related activities. Methods The participants were 210 adult home-visit caregivers, aged 20 years or older, with more than six months of experience working at six long-term care centers in Daejeon Metropolitan City. Data were collected using a structured self-report questionnaire to measure participants’ general characteristics and their patient safety knowledge, attitudes, awareness, and activities, and analyzed using SPSS/WIN version 28.0. Results This study demonstrated that patient safety activities were significantly positively correlated with patient safety knowledge (r=0.63, p<0.001), patient safety attitude (r=0.49, p<0.001), and patient safety awareness (r=0.69, p<0.001). The factors affecting patient safety activities were patient safety awareness and patient safety knowledge, with an explanatory power of 55%. Conclusion To practice patient safety activities and maintain a desirable attitude, an educational strategy that promotes cognitive change, such as a systematic and continuous practice-oriented campaign, is needed. Furthermore, efforts to improve the working environment to extend the tenure of experienced caregivers are required.http://www.e-agmr.org/upload/pdf/agmr-24-0159.pdfpatient safetycaregiverslong-term careknowledgeattitudeolder adult |
| spellingShingle | Soon-hee Cho Sujin Kang Youngji Kim Factors Associated with the Patient Safety Activities among Home-Visit Caregiver: A Cross-Sectional Study Annals of Geriatric Medicine and Research patient safety caregivers long-term care knowledge attitude older adult |
| title | Factors Associated with the Patient Safety Activities among Home-Visit Caregiver: A Cross-Sectional Study |
| title_full | Factors Associated with the Patient Safety Activities among Home-Visit Caregiver: A Cross-Sectional Study |
| title_fullStr | Factors Associated with the Patient Safety Activities among Home-Visit Caregiver: A Cross-Sectional Study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Factors Associated with the Patient Safety Activities among Home-Visit Caregiver: A Cross-Sectional Study |
| title_short | Factors Associated with the Patient Safety Activities among Home-Visit Caregiver: A Cross-Sectional Study |
| title_sort | factors associated with the patient safety activities among home visit caregiver a cross sectional study |
| topic | patient safety caregivers long-term care knowledge attitude older adult |
| url | http://www.e-agmr.org/upload/pdf/agmr-24-0159.pdf |
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