Patient safety-related events in the context of physical therapy care (e.g., adverse events, medical errors, or safety-related incidents from the patient’s perspective).
Conditions
Interventions
Group 1: Systematic investigation and analysis of patient safety-related incidents in the context of physical therapy care that were reported by patients and their families via a web-based reporting s
Sponsors
Institut für Patientensicherheit, Universitätsklinikum Bonn, Universität Bonn
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Incident causally or temporally related to physical therapy care. Incident occurring during or immediately after physical therapy treatment. Physical therapy is an active component of care (primary or clearly documented secondary involvement). Incident involves communication, referral, or handover processes where physical therapy is involved.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Physical therapy is only mentioned without functional relevance to the incident (i.e., no involvement in cause, context, or process). Incomplete datasets (missing core variables, e.g. case description, incident type). Duplicate reports.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Classification of reported patient safety incidents in relation to physical therapy according to the type of event (primary and contributing event types) and contributing factors, based on the Primary Care Patient Safety (PISA) classification system. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Classification of events by severity (mild, moderate, severe, catastrophic), frequency distribution of event types and contributing factors, presentation of the relationships between event types and contributing factors, description of the demographic characteristics of the reporting individuals and the care settings | — |
Countries
Germany
Contacts
Public ContactMatthias Weigl
Institut für Patientensicherheit, Universitätsklinikum Bonn, Universität Bonn
Outcome results
None listed