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Identifying patient and practice characteristics associated with patient-reported experiences of safety problems and harm: a cross-sectional study using a multilevel modelling approach

Ricci Cabello, Ignacio; Reeves, David; Bell, Brian G.; Valderas, Jose M.

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Authors

Ignacio Ricci Cabello

David Reeves

Brian G. Bell

Jose M. Valderas



Abstract

Objective: To identify patient and family practice characteristics associated with patient-reported experiences of safety problems and harm.
Design: Cross-sectional study combining data from the individual postal administration of the validated Patient Reported Experiences and Outcomes of Safety in Primary Care (PREOS-PC) questionnaire to a random sample of patients in family practices (response rate =18.4%) and practice level data for those practices obtained from NHS Digital. We built linear multilevel multivariate regression models to model the association between patient (clinical and sociodemographic) and practice level (size and case-mix, human resources, indicators of quality and safety of care, and practice safety activation) characteristics, and outcome measures.
Setting: General practices distributed across five regions in the North, Centre and South of England.
Participants: 1,190 patients registered in 45 practices purposefully sampled (maximal variation in practice size and levels of deprivation).
Main outcome measures: Self-reported safety problems, harm, and overall perception of safety.
Results: Higher self-reported levels of safety problems were associated with younger age of patients (beta coefficient 0.15) and lower levels of practice safety activation (0.44). Higher self-reported levels of harm were associated with younger age (0.13) and worse self-reported health status (0.23). Lower self-reported healthcare safety was associated with lower levels of practice safety activation (0.40). The fully adjusted models explained 4.5% of the variance in experiences of safety problems, 8.6% of the variance in harm, and 4.4% of the variance in perceptions of patient safety.
Conclusions: Practices’ safety activation levels and patients’ age and health status are associated with patient-reported safety outcomes in English family practices. The development of interventions aimed at improving patient safety outcomes would benefit from focusing on the identified groups.

Citation

Ricci Cabello, I., Reeves, D., Bell, B. G., & Valderas, J. M. (2017). Identifying patient and practice characteristics associated with patient-reported experiences of safety problems and harm: a cross-sectional study using a multilevel modelling approach. BMJ Quality and Safety, 26(11), 899-907. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjqs-2016-006411

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date May 12, 2017
Online Publication Date Aug 7, 2017
Publication Date Nov 1, 2017
Deposit Date Aug 4, 2017
Publicly Available Date Aug 7, 2017
Journal BMJ Quality & Safety
Print ISSN 2044-5415
Electronic ISSN 2044-5423
Publisher BMJ Publishing Group
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 26
Issue 11
Pages 899-907
DOI https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjqs-2016-006411
Keywords Patient safety; Patient-reported; Primary Care
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/965745
Publisher URL http://qualitysafety.bmj.com/content/26/11/899
Additional Information Ricci-Cabello I, Reeves D, Bell B, et al. BMJ Qual Saf Nov 2017;26:899-97 doi:10.1136/
bmjqs-2016-006411. © Article author(s) (or their employer(s) unless otherwise stated in the text of the article) 2017. All rights reserved. No commercial use is permitted unless otherwise expressly granted.
Contract Date Aug 4, 2017

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