Attitudes of Undergraduate Nursing Students towards Patient Safety: A Quasi-Experimental Study
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Design and Settings
2.2. Population and Sample
2.3. Educational Intervention
2.4. Data Collection Instrument
2.5. Data Collection Process
2.6. Data Analysis
2.7. Ethical Considerations
3. Results
3.1. Sample Characteristics
3.2. Effectiveness of the Educational Intervention
3.3. Analysis of the Global Score of the Questionnaire According to Sociodemographic Variables
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Variables | Academic Year | p 1 | ||
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2017–2018% (n) | 2018–2019% (n) | |||
Employment situation (n = 92) | Not employed | 34.8 (32) | 37.0 (34) | 0.224 |
Not in the health area | 10.9 (10) | 7.6 (7) | ||
In the health area | 7.6 (7) | 2.1 (2) | ||
Sex (n = 99) | Female | 40.4 (40) | 38.4 (38) | 0.766 |
Male | 10.1 (10) | 11.1 (11) | ||
Previous studies (n = 90) | No | 36.7 (33) | 37.8 (34) | 0.182 |
University | 4.4 (4) | 0 (0) | ||
Professional training | 11.1 (10) | 8.9 (8) | ||
Other | 1.1 (1) | 0 (0) | ||
Variables | m (SD) | m (SD) | p 2 | |
Age (n = 100) | 22.50 (4.31) | 22.58 (7.23) | 0.122 |
Dimensions | BM 1 | IM 1 | FM 1 | p | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
m (SD) | m (SD) | m (SD) | BM-IM-FM 2 | BM-IM 3 | IM-FM 3 | |
Responsibility | 3.42 (0.58) | 3.77 (0.62) | 3.81 (0.68) | 0.004 | <0.001 | 0.868 |
Organization y communication | 4.32 (0.55) | 4.38 (0.47) | 4.41 (0.60) | 0.341 | 0.517 | 0.830 |
Teamwork | 4.45 (0.48) | 4.44 (0.51) | 4.42 (0.57) | 0.820 | 0.915 | 0.576 |
Training | 3.93 (0.49) | 4.11 (0.50) | 4.24 (0.53) | 0.001 | 0.007 | 0.168 |
Notification | 3.36 (0.92) | 3.18 (0.98) | 3.25 (0.82) | 0.377 | 0.090 | 0.864 |
Awareness | 4.02 (0.70) | 4.28 (0.68) | 4.18 (0.66) | 0.047 | 0.001 | 0.055 |
Variables | Measurements (m; SD) | |||||
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Baseline | Intermediate | Final | ||||
(m; SD) | p | (m; SD) | p | (m; SD) | p | |
Employment situation 1 | 0.016 | 0.011 | 0.044 | |||
Not employed | 3.96 (0.32) | 4.08 (0.33) | 4.09 (0.40) | |||
Not in the health area | 3.71 (0.37) | 4.06 (0.35) | 4.04 (0.47) | |||
In the health area | 3.80 (0.24) | 3.70 (0.19) | 3.46 (0.54) | |||
Sex 2 | 0.524 | 0.527 | 0.639 | |||
Female | 3.90 (0.32) | 4.04 (0.34) | 4.07 (0.37) | |||
Male | 3.96 (0.39) | 3.99 (0.35) | 3.99 (0.57) | |||
Previous studies 1 | 0.490 | 0.042 | 0.229 | |||
No | 3.93 (0.35) | 4.10 (0.32) | 4.11 (0.41) | |||
University | 3.73 (0.15) | 3.65 (0.14) | 3.86 (0.0) | |||
Professional training | 3.92 (0.33) | 3.93 (0.35) | 3.86 (0.54) | |||
Other | 4.28 (0.0) | 4.37 (0.0) | 4.37 (0.0) | |||
Academic year 2 | 0.247 | 0.434 | 0.021 | |||
2017–2018 period | 3.87 (0.38) | 4.009 (0.347) | 3.94 (0.48) | |||
2018–2019 period | 3.95 (0.28) | 4.06 (0.33) | 4.16 (0.32) |
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Cantero-López, N.; González-Chordá, V.M.; Valero-Chillerón, M.J.; Mena-Tudela, D.; Andreu-Pejó, L.; Vila-Candel, R.; Cervera-Gasch, Á. Attitudes of Undergraduate Nursing Students towards Patient Safety: A Quasi-Experimental Study. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18, 1429. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18041429
Cantero-López N, González-Chordá VM, Valero-Chillerón MJ, Mena-Tudela D, Andreu-Pejó L, Vila-Candel R, Cervera-Gasch Á. Attitudes of Undergraduate Nursing Students towards Patient Safety: A Quasi-Experimental Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18(4):1429. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18041429
Chicago/Turabian StyleCantero-López, Nuria, Víctor M. González-Chordá, María Jesús Valero-Chillerón, Desirée Mena-Tudela, Laura Andreu-Pejó, Rafael Vila-Candel, and Águeda Cervera-Gasch. 2021. "Attitudes of Undergraduate Nursing Students towards Patient Safety: A Quasi-Experimental Study" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 4: 1429. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18041429