The Relationship Between Nurses' Perception Of Safety Culture And Patients' Sense Of Safety

This study will be conducted to determine the relationship between the perception of safety culture among healthcare professionals working in an outpatient surgical unit and the level of safety patients feel during surgery performed under local anesthesia.

The study population consists of healthcare professionals (N = 140) working in the Day Surgery Unit of Bursa Uludağ University Faculty of Medicine Hospital and patients undergoing procedures. The sample size calculation for the healthcare professionals to be included in the study was determined using the known population sampling method. Using the Raosoft sampling method, with a 5% margin of error and a 95% confidence interval, the minimum required sample size (n) was calculated to be 103. It was decided that the study would include healthcare professionals and patients in a 1:1 ratio. Therefore, the total sample size was calculated to be 206.

Data will be collected using the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture (Version 2.0) and the Feeling Safe During Surgery Scale.

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Key information

Conditions

Nursing Personnel Safety

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

Currently working as a healthcare professional in an outpatient surgical unit,
No visual, auditory, or psychological impairments that would prevent them from completing the questionnaires and scales,
At least a graduate of a vocational high school for healthcare professions,
Patients scheduled for elective surgery under local anesthesia,
Patients and nurses who voluntarily agreed to participate in the study.

Exclusion criteria

Refusal to voluntarily participate in the study,
Presence of any visual, auditory, or psychological impairments that would prevent the completion of questionnaires and scales,
Individuals who are not healthcare professionals.
Patients undergoing emergency surgical procedures or those under general anesthesia.

Treatment and study plan

Primary outcomes

Nurses' level of patient safety culture

Time frame: From the registration phase to the end of the approximately 52-week data collection process

It will be calculated using scores from the sub-dimensions of the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture (Version 2.0).
Patients' Sense of Safety

Time frame: From the registration phase to the end of the approximately 52-week data collection process

The score range on the Patient Safety During Surgery Scale is 13-130 points.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Uludag University

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Registry information

Official study title

An Investigation Of The Relationship Between Day Surgery Nurses' Perception Of Safety Culture And Patients' Level Of Feeling Safe During Surgery

Important dates

Study start: 2026
Primary completion: 2027
Study completion: 2027
First posted: May 7, 2026
Registry last updated: May 7, 2026

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