TY - JOUR
T1 - Impact of Psychosocial Factors on Occurrence of Medication Errors among Tehran Public Hospitals Nurses by Evaluating the Balance between Effort and Reward
AU - Zaree, Tahere Yeke
AU - Nazari, Jalil
AU - Asghary Jafarabadi, Mohhamad
AU - Alinia, Tahereh
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by the first author's MSPH Grant, sponsored by the University of Medical Science of Tabriz. The funding source had no involvement in any stage of the study's design, data collection and analysis, and decision to submit the article for publication. The authors gratefully acknowledge to Iran medical science and Tehran medical science universities and all the nurses and managers who participated in this study.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 The Authors
PY - 2018/12
Y1 - 2018/12
N2 - Background: Patient safety and accurate implementation of medication orders are among the essential requirements of par nursing profession. In this regard, it is necessary to determine and prevent factors influencing medications errors. Although many studies have investigated this issue, the effects of psychosocial factors have not been examined thoroughly. Methods: The present study aimed at investigating the impact of psychosocial factors on nurses’ medication errors by evaluating the balance between effort and reward. This cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted in public hospitals of Tehran in 2015. The population of this work consisted of 379 nurses. A multisection questionnaire was used for data collection. Results: In this research, 29% of participating nurses reported medication errors in 2015. Most frequent errors were related to wrong dosage, drug, and patient. There were significant relationships between medications errors and the stress of imbalance between effort and reward (p < 0.02) and job commitment and stress (p < 0.027). Conclusion: It seems that several factors play a role in the occurrence of medication errors, and psychosocial factors play a crucial and major role in this regard. Therefore, it is necessary to investigate these factors in more detail and take them into account in the hospital management.
AB - Background: Patient safety and accurate implementation of medication orders are among the essential requirements of par nursing profession. In this regard, it is necessary to determine and prevent factors influencing medications errors. Although many studies have investigated this issue, the effects of psychosocial factors have not been examined thoroughly. Methods: The present study aimed at investigating the impact of psychosocial factors on nurses’ medication errors by evaluating the balance between effort and reward. This cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted in public hospitals of Tehran in 2015. The population of this work consisted of 379 nurses. A multisection questionnaire was used for data collection. Results: In this research, 29% of participating nurses reported medication errors in 2015. Most frequent errors were related to wrong dosage, drug, and patient. There were significant relationships between medications errors and the stress of imbalance between effort and reward (p < 0.02) and job commitment and stress (p < 0.027). Conclusion: It seems that several factors play a role in the occurrence of medication errors, and psychosocial factors play a crucial and major role in this regard. Therefore, it is necessary to investigate these factors in more detail and take them into account in the hospital management.
KW - Balance effort–reward
KW - Medication error
KW - Nurse
KW - Psychosocial factors
KW - Stress
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U2 - 10.1016/j.shaw.2017.12.005
DO - 10.1016/j.shaw.2017.12.005
M3 - Article
C2 - 30559994
AN - SCOPUS:85040441841
SN - 2093-7911
VL - 9
SP - 447
EP - 453
JO - Safety and Health at Work
JF - Safety and Health at Work
IS - 4
ER -