Association between hospital overcrowding-related stress and self-reported medical errors among nurses in government healthcare facilities
Khalaf Awwad, Mohammad Qtait, Nesreen Alqaissi · 2026
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Khalaf Awwad and co-authors present a 2026 survey study on crowded hospitals, nurse stress, and medical errors in Palestine. Government hospitals in the West Bank face bed shortages and thin staffing. The authors asked whether stress tied to overcrowding tracks with errors that nurses report themselves.
Two hundred thirteen nurses at five government hospitals completed questionnaires in early 2025. About half reported very extreme crowding stress, and most of the rest reported extreme or moderate stress. Stress and self-reported errors moved together, though the link was weak. Stress explained roughly a tenth of the differences in errors. Being married and years of experience also predicted errors in adjusted models. The authors recommend reviewing staffing, easing workloads, supporting new nurses, and making error reporting blame-free.
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| CREATOR | Khalaf Awwad, Mohammad Qtait, Nesreen Alqaissi |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 41642 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |