Banca de DEFESA: MARIA DO SOCORRO AZEDO LOBATO

Uma banca de DEFESA de MESTRADO foi cadastrada pelo programa.
STUDENT : MARIA DO SOCORRO AZEDO LOBATO
DATE: 27/05/2025
TIME: 14:00
LOCAL: Google Meet
TITLE:

PATIENT SAFETY: patient and caregiver perspectives on safe care practices

KEY WORDS:

Patient Safety. Hospitalization. Adverse event. Caregivers.Public Health.

PAGES: 75
BIG AREA: Ciências da Saúde
AREA: Saúde Coletiva
SUBÁREA: Saúde Pública
SUMMARY:

Currently, the relevance of safe care practices is a major challenge in hospital care practices. Conceptually, patient safety is understood as a set of actions aimed at protecting patients against risks, adverse events, which are incidents that result in harm to health and unnecessary harm during care in health services. It is also defined as the reduction, to an acceptable minimum, of the risk of unnecessary harm associated with health care. The importance of safe care practices is therefore recognized as a fundamental proposal for health care associated with the quality of the service provided, a firm and visible institutional commitment to all latent situations, visible or not, of danger. This study aimed to analyze safe care practices from the perspective of patients and their caregivers. This is a qualitative, descriptive and exploratory study. In this sense, the research in question sought to understand how safe care practices occur from the perspective of patients and their caregivers and the perception of patients about their role as active participants in the care process for patient safety. Data collection was carried out through semi-structured interviews with 30 patients and caregivers, which allowed us to understand their perceptions about their role and the care practices that need to be improved to ensure patient safety. Data analysis was performed in three phases: pre-analysis, exploration of the material and data processing, inference and interpretation, following Bardin's (2016) framework for developing content analysis. The qualitative analysis software Atlas Ti was used to assist in organizing and analyzing the data. The research met the ethical requirements of Resolution No. 466/2012 of the National Health Council. The results obtained allow us to identify that the lack of adequate hospital infrastructure represents obstacles to patient safety, as well as the difficulties faced by caregivers during patient monitoring, such as the distance from their home to the hospital, since the presence of a companion is of utmost importance to contribute to patient safety. The study indicates that patients and caregivers perceive their role as active participants in the care process when seeking information, demonstrating that the search for information represents an important strategy for enabling care and empowerment, followed by fall prevention, participation in care, and effective communication with the team. They recognize medical guidance on procedures to be performed, correct administration of medications, and daily care by the team as care practices. Cultural diversity and issues related to food and hospital infrastructure are elements that are part of care and require improvements.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Presidente - 2568454 - ELISANGELA FRANCO DE OLIVEIRA CAVALCANTE
Interna - 2262871 - ANA ELZA OLIVEIRA DE MENDONCA
Externo à Instituição - ALCIVAN NUNES VIEIRA - UERN