TY - JOUR
T1 - Fatigue, burnout, work environment, workload and perceived patient safety culture among critical care nurses
AU - Al Ma'mari, Qasim
AU - Sharour, Loai Abu
AU - Al Omari, Omar
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 MA Healthcare Ltd
PY - 2020/1/9
Y1 - 2020/1/9
N2 - A study was conducted to explore whether fatigue, workload, burnout and the work environment can predict the perceptions of patient safety among critical care nurses in Oman. A cross-sectional predictive design was used. A sample of 270 critical care nurses from the two main hospitals in the country's capital participated, with a response rate of 90%. The negative correlation between fatigue and patient safety culture (r= -0.240) indicates that fatigue has a detrimental effect on nurses' perceptions of safety. There was also a significant relationship between work environment, emotional exhaustion, depersonalisation, personal accomplishment and organisational patient safety culture. Regression analysis showed that fatigue, work environment, emotional exhaustion, depersonalisation and personal accomplishment were predictors for overall patient safety among critical care nurses (R2=0.322, F=6.117, P<0.0001). Working to correct these predictors and identifying other factors that affect the patient safety culture are important for improving and upgrading the patient safety culture in Omani hospitals.
AB - A study was conducted to explore whether fatigue, workload, burnout and the work environment can predict the perceptions of patient safety among critical care nurses in Oman. A cross-sectional predictive design was used. A sample of 270 critical care nurses from the two main hospitals in the country's capital participated, with a response rate of 90%. The negative correlation between fatigue and patient safety culture (r= -0.240) indicates that fatigue has a detrimental effect on nurses' perceptions of safety. There was also a significant relationship between work environment, emotional exhaustion, depersonalisation, personal accomplishment and organisational patient safety culture. Regression analysis showed that fatigue, work environment, emotional exhaustion, depersonalisation and personal accomplishment were predictors for overall patient safety among critical care nurses (R2=0.322, F=6.117, P<0.0001). Working to correct these predictors and identifying other factors that affect the patient safety culture are important for improving and upgrading the patient safety culture in Omani hospitals.
KW - Adult
KW - Attitude of Health Personnel
KW - Burnout, Professional/epidemiology
KW - Critical Care Nursing/organization & administration
KW - Cross-Sectional Studies
KW - Fatigue/epidemiology
KW - Female
KW - Humans
KW - Male
KW - Middle Aged
KW - Nursing Staff, Hospital/psychology
KW - Oman/epidemiology
KW - Organizational Culture
KW - Patient Safety
KW - Workload
KW - Workplace
KW - Young Adult
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U2 - 10.12968/bjon.2020.29.1.28
DO - 10.12968/bjon.2020.29.1.28
M3 - Article
C2 - 31917951
SN - 0966-0461
VL - 29
SP - 28
EP - 34
JO - British Journal of Nursing
JF - British Journal of Nursing
IS - 1
ER -