title: Patient safety in tehran university of medical sciences' general hospitals, iran.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  It is important to focus on creating opportunities for patients' participation at all levels of health systems in order to promote their ability to improve patient safety and quality of services. The general aim of this study was to determine patient safety level in Tehran University of Medical Sciences' (TUMS) general hospitals, Tehran, Iran from patients' perspective and to determine the contributory factors on their perspective.
  
  
  METHODS
  This was a cross-sectional study. In the spring 2011, the list of clinical departments of the six general hospitals affiliated to TUMS was obtained through the Website of TUMS. By using stratified random sampling, the sample size was calculated 300 patients. Data were collected by using a structured questionnaire and its validity and reliability were acceptable. Descriptive statistics, linear regression and logistic regression were used for analyzing the data.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Totally, 60% of patients were female. Patient safety was evaluated high by 60% of respondents. The unmarried or educated or employed individuals tend to score lower than others.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  TUMS's general hospitals are enough safe from patients' perspective, patient safety should be improved. In clinical governance, contributing patients' perspective to the improvement of patient safety reforms is critical in generating new models of good practice.
authors: Dept. of Health Management and Economics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors: Mohammad
authors: M
authors: Arab
authors: Ali
authors: A
authors: Akbari Sari
authors: Elham
authors: E
authors: Movahed Kor
authors: Mostafa
authors: M
authors: Hosseini
authors: Shiva
authors: S
authors: Toloui Rakhshan
authors: Mohammad
authors: M
authors: Ezati
keywords: Hospital; Iran; Patient; Safety
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