Safety Climate in Primary Care Intervention
Research type
Research Study
Full title
The SAP-C study: A feasibility study of the effectiveness of an intervention designed to improve SAfety Climate in Primary Care.
IRAS ID
191889
Contact name
Margaret Cupples
Contact email
Duration of Study in the UK
1 years, 0 months, 30 days
Research summary
The safety climate of an organisation refers to its employees’ perceptions, attitudes and beliefs of the risks and safety associated with its work. In healthcare settings, a positive safety climate is associated with safe work practices, decreased medical errors, lower infection rates, and improved patient outcomes. Conversely, a negative safety climate has been identified as a contributory factor to adverse incidents and patient harm.
The proposed research is a feasibility study designed to evaluate an intervention intended to improve safety climate in primary care settings. The intervention consists of:
(1) the measurement of attitudes to safety climate in participating general practice settings (via questionnaire) and provision of individualised feedback to participating practices; and
(2) the completion of a chart audit by an individual who works at the participating practices using a trigger checklist to identify if there are instances in which patients have not received optimum care.The impact of this intervention upon safety climate will be assessed using a randomised pre-/post-intervention control group design by comparing the outcomes of the intervention group to those of a control group who have not received constructive feedback on their practice's safety climate and who have not conducted the chart audit. Further, the experiences of participants in the intervention group, and their perception of the intervention, will be assessed through post-intervention interviews.
REC name
HSC REC B
REC reference
16/NI/0008
Date of REC Opinion
18 Feb 2016
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion