PReSaFe: A model of barriers and facilitators to patients providing feedback on experiences of safety

De Brún, Aoife, Heavey, Emily, Waring, Justin, Dawson, Pamela and Scott, Jason (2017) PReSaFe: A model of barriers and facilitators to patients providing feedback on experiences of safety. Health Expectations, 20 (4). pp. 771-778. ISSN 13696513

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Abstract

Objective The importance of involving patients in reporting on safety is increasingly recognized. Whilst studies have identified barriers to clinician incident reporting, few have explored barriers and facilitators to patient reporting of safety experiences. This paper explores patient perspectives on providing feedback on safety experiences. Design/Participants Patients (n=28) were invited to take part in semi‐structured interviews when given a survey about their experiences of safety following hospital discharge. Transcripts were thematically analysed using NVivo10. Setting Patients were recruited from four hospitals in the UK. Results Three themes were identified as barriers and facilitators to patient involvement in providing feedback on their safety experiences. The first, cognitive‐cultural, found that whilst safety was a priority for most, some felt the term was not relevant to them because safety was the “default” position, and/or because safety could not be disentangled from the overall experience of care. The structural‐procedural theme indicated that reporting was facilitated when patients saw the process as straightforward, but that disinclination or perceived inability to provide feedback was a barrier. Finally, learning and change illustrated that perception of the impact of feedback could facilitate or inhibit reporting. Conclusions When collecting patient feedback on experiences of safety, it is important to consider what may help or hinder this process, beyond the process alone. We present a staged model of prerequisite barriers and facilitators and hypothesize that each stage needs to be achieved for patients to provide feedback on safety experiences. Implications for collecting meaningful data on patients' safety experiences are considered.

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Keywords: patient experience, patient reporting, patient safety, qualitative research
Depositing User: Ms Kerry Kellaway
Date Deposited: 21 Aug 2019 08:36
Last Modified: 14 Feb 2020 15:21
URI: https://marjon.repository.guildhe.ac.uk/id/eprint/17456
Related URLs: https://onlinel ... .1111/hex.12516 (Publisher URL)

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