Medical Journal of the Islamic Republic Of Iran

en Patient safety culture in hospitals of Iran: a systematic review and meta-analysis Health Management and Economics Health Management and Economics Original Research Original Research Background: healthcare organizations is being increasingly used. The aim of this study was to clarify PSC statusin Iranian hospitals using a meta-analysis method.Nowadays, for quality improvement, measuring patient safety culture (PSC) inMethodsSID and IranMedex using the search terms including patient safety, patient safety culture, patientsafety climate and combined with hospital (such as “hospital survey on patient safety culture”),measurement, assessment, survey and Iran. A total of 11 articles which conducted using HospitalSurvey on Patient Safety Culture (HSOPSC) questionnaire initially were reviewed. To estimateoverall PSC status and perform the meta-analyses, Comprehensive Meta-Analysis (CMA) softwarev. 2 was employed.: Six databases were searched: PubMed, Scopus, Google Scholar, Cochrane Library, Magiran,Resultsunits” dimension received the highest score of PSC (67.4%) and “Non-punitive response to error”the lowest score (32.4%). About 41% of participants in reviewed articles evaluate their hospitals’performance in PSC as ‘excellent/very good’. Approximately %52.7 of participants did not reportany adverse event in the past 12 months.: The overall PSC score based on the random model was 50.1%. “Teamwork within hospitalConclusionAmong the 12 dimensions of HSOPSC questionnaire, the “Non-punitive response to error” achievedthe lowest score and could be a priority for future interventions. In this regard, hospitals staff shouldbe encouraged to report adverse event without fear of punitive action.: The results of this study show that Iranian hospitals’ performances in PSC were poor. Patient safety, Culture, Quality improvement, HSOPSC questionnaire, Iranian hospitals, 724 736 http://mjiri.iums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1-876&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Saber Azami-Aghdash saberazami@yahoo.com 200319475328460018311 200319475328460018311 No Iranian Center of Excellence in Health Management, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran. Farbod Ebadifard Azar f_ebadi@yahoo.com 200319475328460018312 200319475328460018312 Yes Health management and economics research center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Aziz Rezapour rezapoor_a57@yahoo.com 200319475328460018313 200319475328460018313 No Department of health economics, Health management and economics research center, Iran University of Medical Sciences,Tehran, Iran, & Center of Excellence in health management and economics, Health Management and Information Sciences, Iran Universityof Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Akbar Azami akbar.azami1362@gmail.com 200319475328460018314 200319475328460018314 No Department of mathematical, Miandoab Branch, Islamic Azad University, Miandoab, Iran. Vahid Rasi rasivahid65@yahoo.com 200319475328460018315 200319475328460018315 No Health management and economics research center, Iran University of medical sciences, Tehran, Iran. Khalil Klvany modirtbzmed@gmail.com 200319475328460018316 200319475328460018316 No Department of Health Management, School of Health, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran.