일반인 대상 환자안전 교육을 통한 환자안전 및 환자 참여에 대한 인식 증진: 예비 연구

Abstract

Objective: The purpose of this study was to identify the perception of patient’s self-protection behaviors and patient engagement in decision making for patient safety and to evaluate the effectiveness of patient safety education. Methods: Patient safety education was conducted in the Ulsan retirement support center. Participants completed a questionnaire to evaluate the perception of patient safety before and after the education. The Wilcoxon signed rank test was performed on the patient safety questionnaire response to compare the perceptions before and after the education. Results: A total of 25 people participated in this study. Although there were some statistically insignificant results, it was found that overall patient awareness of safety and patient engagement could be improved. Particularly, patient safety education led to statistically significant difference in pre and post educating in the tendency to choose medical institutions according to whether they are certified by medical institutions, intention to accompany guardians when visiting medical institutions, intention to reflect patient's opinion on test or treatment, intention to participate in preventive activities related to infections, and to participate in fall prevention activities. Conclusion: In the future, the researchers should develop and utilize higher level patient engagement intervention in the actual clinical field.