Status and influencing factors of pediatric healthcare professionals' perceptions of family's participation in children's safety management

Objective To investigate the cognition status of pediatric healthcare professionals about family's participation in their sick children's safety management, and to analyze its influencing factors, so as to provide references to promote family's participation effectively. Methods From July to August 2016, a questionnaire of healthcare professionals' perceptions about "patient for patient safety (PFPS) " was used to investigate 238 pediatric healthcare professionals who were from a class Ⅲ children's hospital about their overall cognition level and their attitudes towards current difficulties. The multiple regression analysis was used to analyze the factors affecting the overall perception level. Results The pediatric healthcare professionals scored (60.12±8.94) in their overall cognitive level, among which, (4.00±0.74) in knowledge level, (3.96±0.70) in their perception level about the favorable role of patients' family's participation, and (2.50±0.84) in their perception about the unfavorable role of participation. There was a statistically significant difference in the overall cognition scores of the pediatric healthcare professionals from different departments and whether or not they had received education or training about PFPS (P<0.05) . Pediatric healthcare professionals' perception about the existing main difficulties about PFPS were that "patients' expectations with treatment were too high", and "the media's report made the public mistrust and misunderstand the medical industry", as well as, "the public were unable to clearly understand the medical's uncertainty or risk". Conclusions The total cognitive level of pediatric healthcare professionals about family's participation in sick children's safety management needs enhancing. It is suggested that hospitals should strengthen the training plans about PFPS for pediatric healthcare professionals and create a patient safety culture atmosphere in various departments, in order to effectively promote family's participation. It is also suggested that the hospital should try their best to do a good job of health education for patients' family. Also the media and the public are expected to correctly understand the medical industry, and jointly help to build a harmonious relationship between doctors and patients. Key words: Hospital, pediatric; Medical staff; Cognition; Patients'safety; Influencing factors