000169426 001__ 169426 000169426 005__ 20260227133540.0 000169426 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.1093/eurpub/ckv066 000169426 0248_ $$2sideral$$a94259 000169426 037__ $$aART-2015-94259 000169426 041__ $$aeng 000169426 100__ $$0(orcid)0000-0002-3192-7672$$aAstier-Peña, María Pilar$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000169426 245__ $$aAre Spanish primary care professionals aware of patient safety? 000169426 260__ $$c2015 000169426 5060_ $$aAccess copy available to the general public$$fUnrestricted 000169426 5203_ $$aBACKGROUND: Knowledge about safety culture improves patient safety (PS) in health-care organizations. The first contact a patient has with health care occurs at the primary level. We conducted a survey to measure patient safety culture (PSC) among primary care professionals (PCPs) of health centres (HCs) in Spain and analyzed PS dimensions that influence PSC. METHODS: We used Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Medical Office Survey on Patient Safety Culture translated and validated into Spanish to conduct a cross-sectional anonymous postal survey. We randomly selected a sample of 8378 PCPs at 289 HCs operated by 17 Regional Health Services. Statistical analysis was performed on sociodemographic variables, survey items, PS dimensions and a patient safety synthetic index (PSSI), calculated as average score of the items per dimension, to identify potential predictors of PSC. We used AHRQ data to conduct international comparison. RESULTS: A total of 4344 PCPs completed the questionnaire. The response rate was 55.69%. Forty-two percent were general practitioners, 34.9% nurses, 18% administrative staff and 4.9% other professionals. The highest scoring dimension was 'PS and quality issues' 4.18 (4.1-4.20) 'Work pressure and pace' was the lowest scored dimension with 2.76 (2.74-2.79). Professionals over 55 years, with managerial responsibilities, women, nurses and administrative staff, had better PSSI scores. Professionals with more than 1500 patients and working for more than 11 years at primary care had lower PSSI scores. CONCLUSIONS: This is the first national study to measure PSC in primary care in Spain. Results may reflect on-going efforts to build a strong PSC. Further research into its association with safety outcomes and patients' perceptions is required 000169426 540__ $$9info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess$$aby-nc-nd$$uhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es 000169426 590__ $$a2.751$$b2015 000169426 591__ $$aPUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH$$b18 / 152 = 0.118$$c2015$$dQ1$$eT1 000169426 591__ $$aPUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH$$b38 / 171 = 0.222$$c2015$$dQ1$$eT1 000169426 592__ $$a1.344$$b2015 000169426 593__ $$aPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health$$c2015$$dQ1 000169426 655_4 $$ainfo:eu-repo/semantics/article$$vinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 000169426 700__ $$aTorijano-Casalengua, María Luisa 000169426 700__ $$aOlivera-Cañadas, Guadalupe 000169426 700__ $$aSilvestre-Busto, Carmen 000169426 700__ $$aAgra-Varela, Yolanda 000169426 700__ $$aMaderuelo-Fernández, José Ángel 000169426 7102_ $$11007$$2610$$aUniversidad de Zaragoza$$bDpto. Medicina, Psiqu. y Derm.$$cArea Medicina 000169426 773__ $$g25, 5 (2015), 781-787$$pEur. j. public health$$tEuropean Journal of Public Health$$x1101-1262 000169426 8564_ $$s134122$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/169426/files/texto_completo.pdf$$yVersión publicada 000169426 8564_ $$s3515025$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/169426/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon$$xicon$$yVersión publicada 000169426 909CO $$ooai:zaguan.unizar.es:169426$$particulos$$pdriver 000169426 951__ $$a2026-02-27-12:35:23 000169426 980__ $$aARTICLE