Table 4

Association between SAQ and HSOPS (unit level)

Survey	Dimension	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
1 SAQ	Teamwork	–
2 SAQ	Safety	0.38	–
3 HSOPS	Expectations	0.71^*	0.28	–
4 HSOPS	Organisational learning	0.35	0.65^*	−0.01	–
5 HSOPS	Teamwork within	0.11	−0.17	−0.05	−0.09	–
6 HSOPS	Communication	0.53^*	0.24	0.56^*	0.12	0.12	–
7 HSOPS	Feedback	0.45	0.75^*	0.22	0.61^*	−0.23	0.23	–
8 HSOPS	Non-punitive	0.45	0.34	0.76^*	0.16	0.20	0.49	0.06	–
9 HSOPS	Staffing	0.11	0.44	0.29	0.48	−0.20	0.23	0.11	0.47	–
10 HSOPS	Management support	0.26	0.57^*	0.24	0.53^*	−0.49	0.21	0.54^*	0.08	0.73^*	–
11 HSOPS	Teamwork across	0.39	0.80^*	0.12	0.67^*	0.01	0.10	0.57^*	0.13	0.50	0.64^*	–
12 HSOPS	Handoffs	0.47	0.58^*	0.05	0.43	−0.07	0.16	0.54^*	−0.14	0.07	0.42	0.79^*	–
13 HSOPS outcome	Event reporting	0.16	0.59^*	0.14	0.46	−0.36	0.37	0.73^*	0.09	0.33	0.65^*	0.55^*	0.50	–
14 HSOPS outcome	Overall perceptions	0.32	0.84^*	0.23	0.76^*	−0.37	0.05	0.56^*	0.32	0.71^*	0.71^*	0.77^*	0.46	0.51	–
15 HSOPS outcome	No. events reported	0.07	−0.12	0.39	−0.24	0.42	0.21	−0.53^*	0.74^*	0.32	−0.30	−0.21	−0.40	−0.44	−0.08	–
16 HSOPS outcome	Safety grade	0.50	0.75^*	0.36	0.68^*	−0.41	0.54^*	0.72^*	0.28	0.45	0.71^*	0.62^*	0.59^*	0.72^*	0.67^*	−0.24	–

n=15. Dimensions 1 and 2 are culture dimensions from the SAQ; dimensions 3—16 are culture dimensions from the HSOPS. r values >0.52 were significant.
↵* Signifies significant correlations at p<0.05.
HSOPS, Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture; SAQ, Safety Attitudes Questionnaire.