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Table 2 Cronbach’s alphas of the HSOPSC/AV as compared to the HSOPSC

From: The Arabic version of the hospital survey on patient safety culture: a psychometric evaluation in a Palestinian sample

Factor

No of items

Cronbach’s alpha (α) HSOPSC *

Cronbach’s alpha (α)

HSOPSC/arabic version

Teamwork across hospital departments

4

0.80

0.61

Teamwork within departments

4

0.83

0.77

Hospital hand-offs and transitions

4

0.80

0.73

Frequency of event reporting

3

0.84

0.87

No punitive response to error

3

0.79

0.59

Communication openness

3

0.72

0.41

Feedback & communication about error

3

0.78

0.69

Organizational learning – continuous improvement

3

0.76

0.79

Supervisor/manager expectations & actions promoting patient safety

4

0.75

0.75

Hospital management support for patient safety

3

0.83

0.66

Staffing

4

0.63

0.65

Overall perceptions of safety

4

0.74

0.43

  1. *As published by AHRQ report [17].