Abstract: Objective: To investigate the current status and influencing factors of midwives' attitudes towards safety culture in general hospitals in Suzhou, and provide references for promoting management work and safety culture in delivery rooms. Methods: A total of 342 midwives from 17 general hospitals were recruited and investigated by the Chinese version of Safety Attitudes Questionnaire (C-SAQ), the Conditions of Work Effectiveness Questionnaire-II (CWEQ-II) and Psychological Empowerment Scale (PES). Results: The score of safety culture attitudes were 127.23±14.39, the overall positive agreement rate was 79.7%. The nature of work, weekly working hours, informal rights, the meaning of work, and work autonomy were the influencing factors of midwifes' attitudes towards safety culture (P<0.05). Conclusion: Hospital administrators should strengthen the human resource management and improvement of midwives and offer midwives of contract systems more support. Furthermore, it is necessary to improve midwifes' attitudes towards safety culture through promoting team communication and cooperation, bettering their professional skills and enhancing their perception of the meaning of work.

Key words: midwife; attitudes towards safety culture; influencing factors