Previously submitted to: JMIR Nursing (no longer under consideration since Feb 04, 2026)
Date Submitted: Nov 22, 2025
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Presenteeism and Its Impact on Clinical Decision-Making and Medical Errors in Nursing Practice
ABSTRACT
Background:
The sample of the study consists of 288 health workers (nurses), most of whom are healthy employee. Personal Information Form, Stanford Presenteeism Scale (SPS 6) and Medical Error Tendency Scale (METSN) were used to collect data. 288 health workers (nurses) of this study was granted by the Ethics Committee of Istanbul Gelisim University.
Objective:
This research, which aims to examine the effect of presenteeism behaviors on medical error tendency in Healthcare Professionals, is a descriptive and cross-sectional field study.
Methods:
The collected data were analyzed with the SPSS 22.0 statistical package program. Cronbach Alpha analysis, Frequency and Percentage distribution, Kolmogorov-Smirnov, Shapiro-Wilk Normality test, Mann Whitney U, Analysis of Variance, Kruskal Wallis test, Correlation coefficient, Spearman correlation coefficient and Tamhane’s T2 tests were used in the analysis of the data.
Results:
It was concluded that the increase in the presenteeism behaviors of healthcare professionals did not cause an increase in the medical error tendency.
Conclusions:
As a result of the research, it is explained that planning trainings on presenteeism for health workers and health managers, raising awareness about presenteeism, creating an organizational culture where medical errors can be talked about, and how presenteeism affects patient safety and medical errors.
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