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The study aims to explore how excessive workload among nurses influences patient and staff safety.

June 1, 2026Frontiers in Public HealthOpen Access

Excessive workload as a risk factor for patient and medical staff safety: a multicenter cross-sectional study in Central Europe

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KTKatarzyna TomaszewskaBronisław Markiewicz State Higher School of Technology and Economics in Jarosław KKKrystyna KowalczukMedical University of Białystok HKHelena KadučákováTomas Bata University in Zlín

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Multicenter cross-sectional study identifies excessive workload as a risk factor for safety in healthcare, implying the need for organizational improvements.

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The study aims to explore how excessive workload among nurses influences patient and staff safety.
Conducted a multicenter cross-sectional study in Europe with 774 nurses from public hospitals.
Utilized an original questionnaire and the Subjective Workload Assessment Questionnaire (KONOP) to assess workload.
Performed statistical analyses using Student’s t-test, ANOVA, and Pearson correlation coefficients.
Excessive workload is closely associated with organizational factors affecting safety in healthcare.
Interventions enhancing organizational climate and work organization can improve safety outcomes for patients and staff.

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Tomaszewska et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a1d20f302fbce91306372f1 https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2026.1851838

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Multicenter cross-sectional study identifies excessive workload as a risk factor for safety in healthcare, implying the need for organizational improvements.

Excessive workload as a risk factor for patient and medical staff safety: a multicenter cross-sectional study in Central Europe

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Excessive workload as a risk factor for patient and medical staff safety: a multicenter cross-sectional study in Central Europe

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