Patient safety culture in home care and its related factors and outcomes: a scoping review (1 December 2025)

Summary

Patient safety culture is crucial to ensuring the quality and safety of healthcare. Assessing safety culture raises awareness of patient safety, identifies areas for improvement, and supports tracking changes over time. Given the increasing growth of home care, the complexity of care, and its unique characteristics, understanding safety culture in home care is essential to informing practice and guiding further research. This study aimed to identify instruments used to measure patient safety culture in home care, including its associated factors and outcomes.