determinants of completing the medication reconciliation form among nurses based on diffusion of innovation theory

Background: patients afety is a global medical concern with remarkable influence on the healthof patients. studies have suggested that treatment-related damages occur in approximately10% of patients at variable degrees, and more than a quarter of these damages are associatedwith medication errors. medication errors could be diminished during patient hospitalizationand transferusing integrated medication reconciliation. this study aimed to evaluate thedeterminants of completing integrated medication reconciliation forms based on the theory ofdiffusion of innovations among the nurses of ziaei hospital of ardakan city and imam jafarsadegh hospital of meybod city, yazd.materials and methods: in this study, required data were collected from the nurses engagedin the admission centers of the selected hospitals using researcher-made questionnaires. dataanalysis was performed in spss v. 19 using spearman’s correlation-coefficient and mann-whitney u test.results: findings of this study regarding different structures of integrated medicationreconciliation forms were as follows: relative advantage (86.5 of the maximum score),perceived compatibility (40.75), perceived complexity (44.3), visibility (83.6), and testability(79.8). moreover, significant correlations were observed between the structures of comparativeadvantage, perceived compatibility, testability, and visibility.conclusion: according to the results of this study, promoting the knowledge and professionalattitude of nurses could increase their compatibility regarding the implementation of integratedmedication reconciliation. in addition, elaboration on the proper principles of the completion ofthis form could reduce the mean score of the perceived complexity structure.