From: The psychometric properties of the 'Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture' in Dutch hospitals
Confirmative factor analysis | Explorative factor analysis | |||||
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Factor | No of items | Chron-bach α American data | Chron-bach α Dutch data | Factor | No of items | Chron-bach α |
Teamwork across hospital units | 4 | 0.80 | 0.59 | Teamwork across hospital units | 5 | 0.72 |
Teamwork within units | 4 | 0.83 | 0.66 | Teamwork within units | 4 | 0.66 |
Hospital handoffs and transitions | 4 | 0.80 | 0.68 | Adequate shift changes | 2 | 0.65 |
Frequency of event reporting | 3 | 0.84 | 0.79 | Frequency of event reporting | 3 | 0.79 |
Nonpunitive response to error | 3 | 0.79 | 0.69 | Nonpunitive response to error | 3 | 0.69 |
Communication openness | 3 | 0.72 | 0.72 | Communication openness | 3 | 0.72 |
Feedback and communication about error | 3 | 0.78 | 0.75 | Feedback about and learning from error | 6 | 0.78 |
Organisational learning – Continuous improvement | 3 | 0.76 | 0.57 | * | * | * |
Supervisor/manager expectations/actions | 4 | 0.75 | 0.70 | Supervisor/manager expectations/actions | 4 | 0.70 |
Hospital management support for safety | 3 | 0.83 | 0.68 | Hospital management support for safety | 3 | 0.68 |
Staffing | 4 | 0.63 | 0.49 | Adequate staffing | 3 | 0.58 |
Overall perceptions of safety | 4 | 0.74 | 0.62 | Overall perceptions of safety | 4 | 0.64 |