Malpractice knowledge, attitudes, and practices among physicians at a University Hospital in Saudi Arabia

Raneem Alghamdi, Doaa M. Abdelaziz, Elham Alobaid, Ghadah Almazrua
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Objectives: To assess knowledge, attitudes, and practices of physicians regarding medical malpractice at King Khalid University Hospital To assess the possible factors that affect malpractice knowledge, attitudes, and practices among physicians. Methods: A cross-sectional questionnaire-based study was conducted in King Khalid University Hospital between November and March 2019. Both medical and surgical physicians were included. A convenience sampling technique was used with a sample size of 336. The questionnaire contains four sections: demographics, knowledge, attitudes, and practices. Results: A total of 293 out of 336 questionnaires were returned giving a response rate of 87.2%. The comparison of the levels of knowledge of the respondents for each form of malpractice showed a statistically significant correlation with gender where female high knowledge score was 73 (62.9%) and male high knowledge score was 50 (35.5%). Another variable that showed statistical significance is specialty where medical specialty doctors scored 81 (54.7%) high knowledge, surgery doctors scored 25 (34.7%) high knowledge, and other specialties scored 17 (45.9%) high knowledge. Other variables showed no statistical significance. About the other two outcome variables, both attitudes and practice showed no statistically significant correlation with all included study variables. Conclusion: The research results show good and bad aspects. The overall knowledge among physicians was good. Moreover, there was no significant difference in knowledge among physicians from different rankings, nor among physicians with different years of experience. Regarding attitude and practice, the results showed no statistical significance. Overall these results can contribute to the quality of healthcare.
沙特阿拉伯一所大学医院医生的医疗事故知识、态度和实践
目的:评估哈立德国王大学医院医生对医疗事故的知识、态度和行为,评估影响医生对医疗事故知识、态度和行为的可能因素。方法:于2019年11月至3月在哈立德国王大学医院进行横断面问卷调查。包括内科和外科医生。采用方便抽样技术,样本量为336人。调查问卷包含四个部分:人口统计、知识、态度和实践。结果:共回收问卷336份,共293份,回收率为87.2%。被调查者对各种形式的医疗事故的知识水平比较,与性别有显著的统计学意义,女性高知识得分为73分(62.9%),男性高知识得分为50分(35.5%)。另一个具有统计学意义的变量是专科,内科专科医生的高知识得分为81分(54.7%),外科医生的高知识得分为25分(34.7%),其他专科医生的高知识得分为17分(45.9%)。其他变量差异无统计学意义。关于其他两个结果变量,态度和行为与所有纳入的研究变量均无统计学上的显著相关。结论:研究结果既有好的方面,也有不好的方面。医生的总体知识水平较好。此外,不同排名的医生在知识方面没有显著差异,不同经验年限的医生在知识方面也没有显著差异。在态度和行为方面,结果无统计学意义。总的来说,这些结果有助于提高医疗保健的质量。
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