Safety Attitude and Its Predictor Individual and Organizational Variables among Nurses: A Cross-Sectional Study

ORIGINAL ARTICLE   This study evaluated the safety attitude and determined its predictor individual and organizational variables among nurses. This cross-sectional and descriptive-analytical study was conducted on 295 nurses working in hospitals affiliated to the Babol University of Medical Scien...

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Main Authors: ARAM TIRGAR, MAJID BAGHERI HOSSEINABADI, OMRAN AHMADI, MAHMOUD SADEGHI, HASANALI JAFARPOOR, SEYED EHSAN SAMAEI
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Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2018-02-01
Series:International Journal of Occupational Hygiene
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Online Access:https://ijoh.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijoh/article/view/319
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spelling doaj-2d993646cb7b4b84966a3db47f19796f2020-12-07T08:46:21ZengTehran University of Medical SciencesInternational Journal of Occupational Hygiene2008-51092008-54352018-02-01101Safety Attitude and Its Predictor Individual and Organizational Variables among Nurses: A Cross-Sectional StudyARAM TIRGAR0MAJID BAGHERI HOSSEINABADI1OMRAN AHMADI2MAHMOUD SADEGHI3HASANALI JAFARPOOR4SEYED EHSAN SAMAEI5Mobility Impairment Research Center, Health Research Institute, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, IranSchool of Public Health, Shahroud University of Medical Sciences, Shahroud, Iran.Department of Occupational Health, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, IranInfectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine Research Center, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran.Students Research office, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.Mobility Impairment Research Center, Health Research Institute, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran ORIGINAL ARTICLE   This study evaluated the safety attitude and determined its predictor individual and organizational variables among nurses. This cross-sectional and descriptive-analytical study was conducted on 295 nurses working in hospitals affiliated to the Babol University of Medical Sciences, northern Iran (at 6 hospitals) from Oct 2016 to May 2017. The required data was collected using two questionnaires of demographic and organizational information and Safety Attitude Questionnaire (SAQ). The data were analyzed using the SPSS Ver. 23 software. A logistic regression model (Backward: LR) was also used to investigate the effect of predictor personal and organizational factors on the studied nurses' attitude of safety. The highest and lowest scores in the dimensions of the SAQ questionnaire were respectively related to the stress recognition dimension (73.57 ± 17.93) and management perception dimension (48.79 ± 16.17). Based on the Pearson correlation, a significant correlation was established between the six dimensions of the questionnaire except for the stress recognition dimension. In addition, the most important individual-organizational factors affecting the attitude of the studied nurses included gender, training, work experience, education, and type of the ward. Since among the individual-organizational variables affecting the attitude of safety, the nurses' training can be acquired, it is recommended to hold regular safety courses along with an assessment after the training to improve the safety attitudes, and consequently, reduce the occupational accidents for nurses. https://ijoh.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijoh/article/view/319Safety AttitudeIndividual VariablesOrganizational VariablesPredictor VariablesNurses
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author ARAM TIRGAR
MAJID BAGHERI HOSSEINABADI
OMRAN AHMADI
MAHMOUD SADEGHI
HASANALI JAFARPOOR
SEYED EHSAN SAMAEI
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MAJID BAGHERI HOSSEINABADI
OMRAN AHMADI
MAHMOUD SADEGHI
HASANALI JAFARPOOR
SEYED EHSAN SAMAEI
Safety Attitude and Its Predictor Individual and Organizational Variables among Nurses: A Cross-Sectional Study
International Journal of Occupational Hygiene
Safety Attitude
Individual Variables
Organizational Variables
Predictor Variables
Nurses
author_facet ARAM TIRGAR
MAJID BAGHERI HOSSEINABADI
OMRAN AHMADI
MAHMOUD SADEGHI
HASANALI JAFARPOOR
SEYED EHSAN SAMAEI
author_sort ARAM TIRGAR
title Safety Attitude and Its Predictor Individual and Organizational Variables among Nurses: A Cross-Sectional Study
title_short Safety Attitude and Its Predictor Individual and Organizational Variables among Nurses: A Cross-Sectional Study
title_full Safety Attitude and Its Predictor Individual and Organizational Variables among Nurses: A Cross-Sectional Study
title_fullStr Safety Attitude and Its Predictor Individual and Organizational Variables among Nurses: A Cross-Sectional Study
title_full_unstemmed Safety Attitude and Its Predictor Individual and Organizational Variables among Nurses: A Cross-Sectional Study
title_sort safety attitude and its predictor individual and organizational variables among nurses: a cross-sectional study
publisher Tehran University of Medical Sciences
series International Journal of Occupational Hygiene
issn 2008-5109
2008-5435
publishDate 2018-02-01
description ORIGINAL ARTICLE   This study evaluated the safety attitude and determined its predictor individual and organizational variables among nurses. This cross-sectional and descriptive-analytical study was conducted on 295 nurses working in hospitals affiliated to the Babol University of Medical Sciences, northern Iran (at 6 hospitals) from Oct 2016 to May 2017. The required data was collected using two questionnaires of demographic and organizational information and Safety Attitude Questionnaire (SAQ). The data were analyzed using the SPSS Ver. 23 software. A logistic regression model (Backward: LR) was also used to investigate the effect of predictor personal and organizational factors on the studied nurses' attitude of safety. The highest and lowest scores in the dimensions of the SAQ questionnaire were respectively related to the stress recognition dimension (73.57 ± 17.93) and management perception dimension (48.79 ± 16.17). Based on the Pearson correlation, a significant correlation was established between the six dimensions of the questionnaire except for the stress recognition dimension. In addition, the most important individual-organizational factors affecting the attitude of the studied nurses included gender, training, work experience, education, and type of the ward. Since among the individual-organizational variables affecting the attitude of safety, the nurses' training can be acquired, it is recommended to hold regular safety courses along with an assessment after the training to improve the safety attitudes, and consequently, reduce the occupational accidents for nurses.
topic Safety Attitude
Individual Variables
Organizational Variables
Predictor Variables
Nurses
url https://ijoh.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijoh/article/view/319
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