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Table 2 Descriptive statistics of the scales and items included in the CFA

From: Psychometric properties of the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture for hospital management (HSOPS_M)

Dimension

Item

Mean

per item

Standard

deviation

per item

Overall

mean

per scale

Overall

standard

deviation

per scale

Safety Culture Dimensions

     

Hospital management support for patient safety

F1

3.69

.766

3.73

0.81

 

F8

3.61

.985

  
 

F9

3.90

.968

  

Supervisor/manager expectations/actions

B1

3.48

.706

3.68

0.52

 

B2

3.91

.616

  
 

B3

3.44

.824

  
 

B4

3.91

.721

  

Teamwork across hospital units

F2

3.57

.832

3.80

0.59

 

F4

3.84

.689

  
 

F6

3.89

.782

  
 

F10

3.88

.710

  

Teamwork within units

A1

3.80

.663

3.56

0.56

 

A3

3.57

.770

  
 

A4

3.58

.690

  
 

A11

3.30

.799

  

Communication openness

C2

3.82

.672

3.68

0.55

 

C4

3.26

.720

  
 

C6

3.95

.775

  

Hospital handoffs and transitions

F3

3.49

.813

3.56

0.68

 

F5

3.44

.878

  
 

F7

3.66

.761

  
 

F11

3.64

.875

  

Nonpunitive response to error

A8

3.71

.809

3.87

0.69

 

A12

3.96

.869

  
 

A16

3.93

.902

  

Feedback and communication about error

C1

3.80

.820

3.80

0.66

 

C3

3.81

.802

  
 

C5

3.78

.739

  

Staffing

A2

2.70

.901

3.19

0.71

 

A5

3.19

1.058

  
 

A7

3.96

.891

  
 

A14

2.90

.930

  

Organizational learning

A6

3.83

.587

3.64

0.53

 

A9

3.61

.749

  
 

A13

3.49

.773

  

Outcome Dimensions

     

Overall perceptions of safety

A10

3.93

.897

3.62

0.63

 

A15

3.22

.969

  
 

A17

3.87

.782

  
 

A18

3.44

.737

  

Frequency of event reporting

D1

3.38

.934

3.33

0.78

 

D2

3.07

.896

  
 

D3

3.54

.825

  
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