Investigating Patient Safety Culture of Nurses at Cheng Ching General Hospital: A Correspondent Analysis

Introduction: This study focuses on nurses' perspectives to explore the relationships among safety characteristics, aiming to understand how age, gender, and workplace factors should be incorporated to enhance patient safety. Data were collected from Cheng Ching General Hospital in Taiwan, with 446 valid respondents. Participants were classified into three age groups and six departments to form two mixed variables: gender-age and workplace-age. Materials and Methods: The Safety Attitudes Questionnaire (SAQ), supplemented with three additional safety characteristics, was utilized. Correspondence Analysis was then applied to generate two-dimensional diagrams illustrating the relationships between the mixed variables and nine safety characteristics. Results: Female respondents demonstrated a less positive attitude toward team-to-team safety characteristics. Additionally, the older age group exhibited a higher level of positive attitude regarding managerial support-related characteristics and stress recognition compared to their younger counterparts. Finally, no age group within the emergency department showed a positive association with teamwork across departments. Conclusions: Key recommendations include: 1) Encouraging greater involvement of younger staff in developing safety policies; 2) Monitoring and managing the workload of older staff; and 3) Establishing structured monitoring procedures for patient transfers between the emergency department and other units.