To explore the status of psychological safety behavior in inpatients and its correlation with perceived participation.

From June 2021 to January 2022, 900 inpatients admitted to 2 secondary hospitals and 2 tertiary hospitals in Yantai, Shandong Province were selected as the research objects using the convenience sampling method. General information questionnaires, Psychological Safety Questionnaire and Patient Perceived Participation Scales were used to investigate inpatients. Hierarchical regression analysis was used to explore the relationship between psychological safety behavior and perceived participation in inpatients. A total of 900 questionnaires were distributed in this study, and 886 valid questionnaires were recovered, with an effective recovery rate of 98.44%.

The total score of the Psychological and Behavioral Safety Questionnaire of 886 inpatients was (98.97±16.52), and the item average score was (2.91±0.38) ; the total score of the Patient Perception Participation Scale was (36.59±4.91), and the item average score was (2.81±0.35). The results of Pearson correlation analysis showed that the total score of Psychological Behavioral Safety Questionnaire was negatively correlated with the total score of the Patient Perception Participation Scale (r=-0.358, P<0.01). Hierarchical regression analysis showed that patient perception was the influencing factor of psychological safety behavior, which could independently explain 25.6% of the variance in psychological safety behavior.

The psychological safety behavior of inpatients is at a moderate level, and the perceived participation of inpatients is the influencing factor of psychological safety behavior. Medical staff should improve the level of perceived participation so as to reduce the risk of psychological safety behavior.

Hospitalization; Patients; Psychological safety behavior; Perceived participation; Correlation