Abstract: Collecting data about medical errors is important in order to improve patient safety. However, factors affecting medical errors reporting by physicians are poorly understood.
Objectives and study design: This study develops a theoretical framework based on the theory of reasoned action (TRA) and social cognitive theory (SCT) to study factors that may influence physicians to report medical errors. These factors include gender, loss of reputation, social image, punishment, relationship with senior, incentives and attitudes towards reporting medical errors. A multi-section questionnaire measuring the factors was distributed to physicians at seven public hospitals in Makkah.
Results and Conclusions: An exploratory factor analysis was performed, and found that the measures demonstrated acceptable convergent validity. The results of the correlations analysis showed that the measures are discriminately valid. Then, the research model was tested using path analysis. The analysis of the responses from 301physicians found that physicians with high attitudes towards reporting medical errors had a greater intention to report medical errors. The analysis also found positive links between (a) relationship with senior and attitudes towards reporting medical errors, and (b) the presence of incentives and attitudes towards reporting medical errors. We also found that loss of reputation is related the attitudes of reporting medical errors. Contrary to our prediction, this study did not find support for the posited paths from gender, social image and punishment to the attitudes towards reporting medical errors. An exploratory path analysis showed that social image and relationship with senior is directly related to intentions.
Keywords: Theory of Reasoned Action (TRA), Social Cognitive Theory (SCT).
Title: Physicians Attitude towards Reporting Medical Errors at Seven Public Hospitals in Makkah
Authors: Tariq Hameed Razen Alotaibi, Abdullah Matar S Alotaibi, Saud Owaidh Saeed Algethami, Musab Khalaf H Alhumaidi, Sarah Salih H Altalhi, Hameed Mohammad Razin Alotaibi, Abdullah Mutlaq K Alotaibi
International Journal of Healthcare Sciences
ISSN 2348-5728 (Online)
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