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Enfermería Intensiva (English Edition) Organizational culture and patient safety in intensive care
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Vol. 36. Issue 4.
(October - December 2025)
Vol. 36. Issue 4.
(October - December 2025)
Original article
Organizational culture and patient safety in intensive care
Cultura organizacional y seguridad del paciente en cuidados intensivos
Judith Guerra-Turcoa, Esther Chávez-Cachayb, Esther Isabel Camacho-Palominob,
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eicamachop@unacvirtual.edu.pe

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, Joel Almonte-Burgosb, Emilio Flores-Mamanic,d,e
a Universidad César Vallejo, Escuela de Posgrado, Lima, Peru
b Programa de Doctorado de Salud Pública, Universidad Nacional del Callao, Escuela de Posgrado, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Bellavista, Callao, Peru
c Universidad Nacional Puno, Puno, Peru
d Universidad Nacional del Callao, Bellavista, Callao, Peru
e Universidad Nacional del Altiplano, Puno, Peru
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Table 1. Level of organisational culture according to its dimensions among nursing professionals at a healthcare institute in Lima, 2023.
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Table 2. Patient safety according to its dimensions among nursing professionals at a healthcare institute in Lima, 2023.
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Table 3. Correlation of the dimensions of organisational culture with patient safety.
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Abstract
Objective

Establish the relationship between organisational culture and patient safety in nursing in Intensive Care of a Health Institute.

Method

Quantitative, non-experimental, cross-sectional and correlational study, carried out with 96 healthcare nurses from a Health Institute in Lima, Peru. The survey technique and two questionnaires were used, one created by Nizama (2012) and validated by the Health Ministry; the other prepared by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), using the version adapted to Spanish by Alvarado (2014). The results were processed by SPSS version 25, presented in statistical tables. The relationship between the variables was established with Spearman&apos;s Rho test (p < 0.001).

Results

A moderate level of the dimensions of the organisational culture and patient safety variables is shown; a significant relationship between the dimensions visible artifacts, business environment, communication system, management system, belief value system, and patient safety, with a Spearman&apos;s Rho value equal to 0.682, 0.659, 0.650, 0.602 and 0.665 (p < 0.001), respectively. The relationship between organisational culture and patient safety had a Spearman&apos;s Rho value of 0.752 (p < 0.001).

Conclusion

There is a significant relationship between organisational culture and patient safety, with a moderate level predominating in its dimensions, especially visible artifacts, the communication system and the system of values ​​and beliefs.

Keywords:
Organizational culture
Patient safety
Nursing profesional
Intensive care units
Resumen
Objetivo

Establecer la relación entre la cultura organizacional y seguridad del paciente en profesionales de enfermería en Cuidados Intensivos de un Instituto de Salud.

Método

Estudio cuantitativo, no experimental, transversal y correlacional, realizado con 96 enfermeros asistenciales de un Instituto de Salud de Lima, Perú. Se utilizó la técnica de encuesta y dos cuestionarios, uno creado por Nizama (2012) y validado por el Ministerio de Salud; el otro elaborado por la Agencia para la Investigación y la Calidad de la Atención Médica (AHRQ), utilizándose la versión adaptada al español por Alvarado (2014). Los resultados se procesaron utilizando el programa SPSS versión 25, presentándose en tablas estadísticas. La relación entre las variables se estableció con la prueba Rho de Spearman (p < 0,001).

Resultados

Se muestra nivel moderado de las dimensiones de las variables cultura organizacional y seguridad del paciente; una relación significativa entre las dimensiones artefactos visibles, ambiente empresarial, sistema de comunicación, sistema gerencial, sistema de valores creencias, y la seguridad del paciente, con un valor Rho de Spearman igual a 0,682, 0,659, 0,650, 0,602 y 0,665 (p < 0,001), respectivamente. La relación entre cultura organizacional y seguridad del paciente tuvo un valor Rho de Spearman de 0,752 (p < 0,001).

Conclusión

Existe relación significativa entre la cultura organizacional y la seguridad del paciente, predominando un nivel moderado en sus dimensiones, sobre todo artefactos visibles, el sistema de comunicación y el sistema de valores y creencias.

Palabras clave:
Cultura organizacional
Seguridad del paciente
Profesionales de enfermería
Unidades de cuidados intensivos

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