Baseline assessment of patient safety culture in primary care centres in Kuwait: a national cross-sectional study

Table 4 Association of patient safety culture composite scores (independent) with patient safety and quality outcomes (dependent)

	Patient Safety and Quality Issues	Information Exchange within Your PHC	Information Exchange with Other Settings	Patient Centred	Effective	Timely	Efficient	Equitable	Overall Rating on Patient Safety
Teamwork	0.21**	0.21**	0.02	0.27**	0.25**	0.23**	0.26**	0.20**	0.32**
Work Pressure and Pace	0.17**	0.08**	0.05*	0.11**	0.09**	0.14**	0.13**	0.08**	0.15**
Staff Training	0.22**	0.21**	0.01	0.28**	0.27**	0.25**	0.27**	0.24**	0.33**
Office Processes and Standardisation	0.28**	0.24**	0.05*	0.34**	0.33**	0.32**	0.35**	0.25**	0.42**
Communication Openness	0.18**	0.19**	0.06**	0.31**	0.32**	0.26**	0.29**	0.28**	0.37**
Patient Care Tracking/Follow-up	0.24**	0.20**	0.05*	0.31**	0.28**	0.28**	0.30**	0.21**	0.31**
Communication about Error	0.18**	0.21**	0.07**	0.28**	0.29**	0.24**	0.28**	0.19**	0.34**
Leadership Support for Patient Safety	0.20**	0.15**	−0.01	0.28**	0.25**	0.24**	0.24**	0.20**	0.33**
Organisational Learning	0.24**	0.18**	0.02	0.32**	0.31**	0.27**	0.31**	0.22**	0.38**
Overall Perceptions of Patient Safety and Quality	0.21**	0.18**	0.02	0.25**	0.28**	0.27**	0.25**	0.17**	0.32**
*Average across all composites*	0.33**	0.29**	0.06**	0.42**	0.41**	0.39**	0.42**	0.32**	0.50**

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