Determining the effect of the attitudes of healthcare professionals working in the operating room towards teamwork on patient safety

Purpose of the Study:This research was carried out to determine the attitudes of the health team members working in the operating room of Aydın Adnan Menderes University Hospital towards teamwork and its effect on patient safety. Method:This research, as an analytical cross-sectional study,was held between 15.04.2019 and 15.07.2019 with the participation of health professionals working in the operating room of a university hospital. Ethics committee approval and institutional permission were obtained before the study.Before starting to gather data, necessary explanations were given to the participants by the researcher, their verbal and written consents were obtained, and the participants were asked to fill in the scales sincerely.The data were collected with the Data Collection Form prepared by the researcher and the Teamwork Attitudes Questionnaire (TAQ). In the process of analyzing data, descriptive statistics,percentage, mean, Chi-square analysis, and correlation analysis were used.In addition, t-test and/or Mann-Whitney U test were used when the number of groups that are compared was two, and Anova and/or Kruskall Wallis H test was used in case the number of groups that are compared is three. Results:It was seen that 48.8% of the participants in the study had more than 10 years of experience, 29% had 1-4 years and the remaining 29% had more than 10 years of experience in this hospital.Correlation analysis was performed between the "Teamwork Attitude Questionnaire" scores of the health personnel working in the operating room.When "Teamwork Attitude Questionnaire Total Score", "Communication", "Mutual Help", "Supervision", "Team Structure" and "Leadership" are examined; there is a statistically significant relationship between "Teamwork Attitude Questionnaire Total" and "Communication", s=0.681, p=0.00 (p<0.05). The group with the highest average TAQ total scores was determined as operating room nurses. Conclusion:When the descriptives of the employees and the average scores they obtained from the total score ofTeamwork Attitude Questionnaire were compared, although there was a statistically significant difference between the educational status of the participants; no significant difference was found between gender, age group, marital status, position in the team, working time in the profession and working year in the institution.