The Influence of Nurses' Demographics on Patient Participation in Hospitals: A Cross ‐Sectional Study

ABSTRACT BackgroundPatient participation is an important issue in contemporary healthcare as it improves quality of care and enhances positive health outcomes. The participation of patients is mainly initiated by the nurses’ willingness to share their power and responsibility, but knowledge on nurses’ demographic characteristics influencing this behavior is nonexistent. This knowledge is essential to understand and improve patient participation. AimTo determine if nurses’ demographic characteristics influence their willingness to engage in patient participation. MethodsA cross‐sectional multicenter study in 22 general and three university hospitals with 997 nurses was performed. The Patient Participation Culture Tool for healthcare workers, which measures patient participation behavior, was used. Multilevel analysis, taking into account the difference in wards and hospitals, was used to identify the influence of demographic characteristics. ResultsA position as supervisor (range: p < .001–.028) and a higher level of education (range: p = <.001–.012) show significant higher scores. Younger nurses seem to be more reluctant in accepting a collaborative patient role (p = .002) and coping with more active patient behavior (p < .001). This new role was less accepted by nurses on geriatric wards (p = .013), who also showed less sharing of information with their patients (p < .001). Linking Evidence to ActionAge and level of education influence nurses’ willi...
Source: Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing - Category: Nursing Authors: Tags: Original Article Source Type: research