The effect of jobstress on patientsafety in hospitals affiliated to Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Iran

BACKGROUND: Patientsafety is one of the main pillars of healthcare. Given that nurses are the largest group associated with patients, so with safety harms, jobstress among then can reduce patientsafety in hospitals. The aim of this article was to investigate the effects of jobstress on patientsafety in hospitals affiliated to Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Karaj, Iran. METHODS: In this crosssectional study, data gathering tools consisted of a reliable researchermade jobstress questionnaire, and a patientsafety checklist. 320 nurses in hospitals affiliated to Alborz University of Medical Sciences, who were selected using simple randomized sampling method, completed the questionnaire, and the checklist was filled by the researcher. Data were analyzed at two levels of inferential and descriptive statistics.RESULTS: Jobstress and also patientsafety were at average levels in studied hospitals. Among the demographic factors, only the relationship between jobstress and marital status was statistically significant (P 0.050). There were no significant relationships between different aspects of jobstress among nurses and patientsafety. CONCLUSION: According to average level of jobstress among studied nurses, the quality of offered services would decrease and patientsafety would become undermined, if no action take place to reduce the jobstress among them. Therefore, it is necessary to increase nurses’ physical, psychological, and social health to increase patientsafety.