Assessing safety climate in acute hospital settings: a systematic review of the adequacy of the psychometric properties of survey measurement tools

Table 7 A comparison of the common safety climate dimensions in healthcare that are mentioned in four review papers

Safety culture dimensions	Safety climate/culture studies
Safety culture dimensions	Colla and Bracken et al. [8] 9 Tools	Flin and Burns et al. [20] 12 Tools	Singla and Kitch et al. [21] 13 Tools	Fleming and Wentzell [52] 4 studies	Halligan and Zecevic [49] 130 Studies	Current systematic review
Top management support	√	√	√	√	√	√
Teamwork		√	√	√	√	√
Safety systems	√	√		√		√
Feedback & Communication	√	√		√
Reporting Incidents	√	√		√	√	√
Communication openness		√	√		√	√
Organizational learning				√	√	√
Beliefs about the causes of errors & adverse events			√
Work Pressure		√		√
Risk perception		√		√
Beliefs about the importance of safety					√
Safety Attitudes of staff		√				√

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