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Explaining the negative effects of patient participation in patient safety: an exploratory qualitative study in an academic tertiary healthcare centre in the Netherlands.

Van der Voorden M, Ahaus K, Franx A. Explaining the negative effects of patient participation in patient safety: an exploratory qualitative study in an academic tertiary healthcare centre in the Netherlands. BMJ Open. 2023;13(1):e063175. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2022-063175.

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February 1, 2023
Van der Voorden M, Ahaus K, Franx A. BMJ Open. 2023;13(1):e063175.
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Patient engagement in healthcare is widely encouraged, but findings from some studies suggest that patient participation can have negative effects. This qualitative study with 16 patients and obstetric healthcare professionals examined the negative effects of patient participation in healthcare. Researchers identified four types of negative consequences from patient participation in safety – decreases in patient confidence, eroding of the patient-professional relationship, unwanted increases in patient responsibility, and excess time spent by professionals on the patient.

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Van der Voorden M, Ahaus K, Franx A. Explaining the negative effects of patient participation in patient safety: an exploratory qualitative study in an academic tertiary healthcare centre in the Netherlands. BMJ Open. 2023;13(1):e063175. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2022-063175.