Cross-cultural validation and psychometric testing of the French version of the TeamSTEPPS teamwork perceptions questionnaire.

Purpose: Effective teamwork is crucial for patient safety in healthcare. The TeamSTEPPS Teamwork Perceptions Questionnaire (T-TPQ) is a widely used tool for assessing teamwork perceptions. The T-TPQ has been adapted and validated for hospital setting use in several countries.

Impact of an educational intervention on patient safety culture among gynecology-obstetrics' healthcare professionals.

Background: In recent years, patient safety has begun to receive particular attention and has become a priority all over the world. Patient Safety Culture (PSC) is widely recognized as a key tenet that must be improved in order to enhance patient safety and prevent adverse events. However, in gynecology and obstetrics, despite the criticality of the environment, few studies have focused on improving PSC in these units.

A retrospective analysis of adverse events reported by Tunisian intensive care units' professionals.

Introduction: Adverse events (AEs) that occur in hospitals remain a challenge worldwide, and especially in intensive care units (ICUs) where they are more likely to occur. Monitoring of AEs can provide insight into the status and advances of patient safety. This study aimed to examine the AEs reported during the 20 months after the implementation of the AE reporting system.

Depression among medical students in Tunisia: Prevalence and associated factors.

Background: Medical school is known for its lengthy process, which is both physically and emotionally draining. Students' mental balance would shrink as they progress in their medical training. A systematic review and meta-analysis reported that the prevalence of depressive symptoms among medical students remained relatively constant at 27.

[Patient safety culture in neonatal intensive care units as seen by nurses].

Neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) are critical environments in terms of safety of care, with a high risk of adverse events. Measuring the patient safety culture of the professionals working there should help to improve the care offered. A descriptive cross-sectional study, conducted among 141 nurses and childcare workers in 2020 in 5 Tunisian hospitals, examined this question.

Patient safety culture as perceived by operating room professionals: a mixed-methods study.

Background: Routine assessments of patient safety culture within hospitals have been widely recommended to improve patient safety. Experts suggested that mixed-methods studies can help gain a deeper understanding of the concept. However, studies combining quantitative and qualitative approaches exploring patient safety culture are still lacking.

Predictors of evidence-based practice competency among Tunisian nursing students.

Background: Evidence-based practice (EBP) is an important competency of undergraduate nursing students which should be cultivated before graduation by increasing future healthcare providers' knowledge, skills and attitudes towards EBP. This study aimed to describe nursing students' competencies (attitudes, knowledge, skills) in Evidence-based practice (EBP) and to determine factors predicting EBP competency.

Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted at the Higher School of Health Sciences and Techniques of Sousse (Tunisia) among 365 nursing students.

Assessing patient safety culture in 15 intensive care units: a mixed-methods study.

Background: Within hospitals, intensive care units (ICUs) are particularly high-risk areas for medical errors and adverse events that could occur due to the complexity of care and the patients' fragile medical conditions. Assessing patient safety culture (PSC) is essential to have a broad view on patient safety issues, to orientate future improvement actions and optimize quality of care and patient safety outcomes. This study aimed at assessing PSC in 15 Tunisian ICUs using mixed methods approach.

An Intervention to Optimize Attitudes Toward Adverse Events Reporting Among Tunisian Critical Care Nurses.

Objective: This study aimed at evaluating the impact of a combined-strategies intervention on ICUs nurses' attitudes toward AE reporting.

Methods: We conducted a quasi-experimental study from January to October 2020 which consisted of an intervention to improve attitudes toward incident reporting among nurses working in 10 intensive care units at a university hospital using the Reporting of Clinical Adverse Events Scale. The intervention consisted of a 2-hour educational presentation for nurse unit managers and a 30-minute in-units educational training for intensive care unit nurses, which encompassed technical aspects of reporting, the reporting process, a nonpunitive environment, and the importance of submitting reports.

Evaluation of the Impact of Intraoperative Distractions on Teamwork, Stress, and Workload.

Background: Within the operating rooms (ORs), distractions occur on a regular basis, which affect the surgical workflow and results in the interruption of urgent tasks. This study aimed to observe the occurrence of intraoperative distractions in Tunisian ORs and evaluate associations among distractions, teamwork, workload, and stress.

Methods: This observational cross-sectional study was conducted in four different ORs (orthopedic, urology, emergency, and digestive surgery) of Sahloul University Hospital for a period of 3 mo in 2018.

Exploring patient safety culture in emergency departments: A Tunisian perspective.

Background: Emergency departments (EDs) are considered a high-risk environment because of the high frequency of adverse events that occur within. Measuring patient safety culture is an important step that assists healthcare facilities in planning actions to improve the quality of care provided to patients. This study aims to assess patient safety culture within EDs and to determine its associated factors.

Assessment of nurses' patient safety culture in 30 primary health-care centres in Tunisia.

Background: Ensuring patient safety and health-care quality remain priorities and challenges worldwide and the role of nurses is essential to meet these challenges. Developing patient safety culture is a key component to improve patient safety and health-care quality.

Aims: To assess nurses' patient safety culture in primary health-care centres in Tunisia and to determine its associated factors.

Prevalence of burnout among health sciences students and determination of its associated factors.

Burnout is a major issue among healthcare students and a public health issue in general. Indeed, the consequences of student burnout are as complex as other mental distress factors, such as those concerned with smoking and alcohol consumption, or an unhealthy lifestyle.  This study aimed to determine the prevalence of burnout among health sciences students and to determine its associated factors.

Assessing patient safety culture in 18 Tunisian adult intensive care units and determination of its associated factors: A multi-center study.

Purpose: This study aimed to assess patient safety culture (PSC) in intensive care units (ICUs) and to determine the factors affecting it.

Materials And Methods: This is a cross-sectional study, conducted from October to November 2017 among professionals practicing in the ICUs of the Tunisian center. After obtaining institutional ethics committee's approval and administrative authorizations, an anonymous paper-based questionnaire was distributed to the participants after obtaining their consent to take part in the study.

The check-list in operating rooms, as perceived by tunisians caregivers.

Background: The operating room is a high-risk environment for the patient and the healthcare professional and therefore their safety remains a priority in this unit. The checklist "patient safety in the operating room" showed, through the years, its effectiveness in promoting the quality of care and the patient safety.

Aim: To explore the perception of operating theaters professionals on the use of the checklist.

[Safety culture in Tunisian primary health care: A multicenter study].

Aims: To assess safety culture in primary healthcare centres and to explore its associated factors.

Methods: This multicentre cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted in the 30 primary healthcare centres in central Tunisia and used the validated French version of the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture questionnaire' (HSOPSC).

Results: A total of 214 professionals participated, corresponding to a response rate of 85%.

Evaluation of surgical glove integrity and factors associated with glove defect.

Background: Surgical glove perforation may expose both patients and staff members to severe complications. This study aimed to determine surgical glove perforation rate and the factors associated with glove defect.

Material And Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted between January and March 2017 at a Tunisian university hospital center in 3 different surgical departments: urology, maxillofacial, and general and digestive.

Assessing patient safety culture in Tunisian operating rooms: A multicenter study.

Objective: To assess the patient safety culture (PSC) in operating rooms (ORs) and to determine influencing factors.

Design: A cross-sectional descriptive multicenter study which was conducted over a period of 7 months (October 2014-April 2015) using the French validated version of the Hospital Survey On Patient Safety Culture questionnaire.

Setting: Of the note, 15 ORs of public and private healthcare institutions.