Unstandardised† (SE) | Standardised‡ | |
---|---|---|
Overall perceptions of safety—Procedures and systems are good at preventing errors and there is a lack of patient safety problems | ||
It is just by chance that more serious mistakes do not happen in this unit | –§ | 0.70 |
Patient safety is never sacrificed to get more work done | 0.94 (0.07) | 0.66 |
The procedures and systems in this unit are good at preventing errors from happening | 0.97 (0.07) | 0.68 |
There are patient safety problems in this unit | 1.27 (0.09) | 0.89 |
Staff communication openness—Staff will freely speak up if they see something that may negatively affect patient care and feel free to question those with more authority | ||
Staff will freely speak up if they see something that may negatively affect patient care | –§ | 0.77 |
Staff feel free to question the decisions or actions of those with more authority | 0.64 (0.07) | 0.50 |
Staff are afraid to ask questions when something does not seem right | 0.96 (0.08) | 0.74 |
Parent communication openness—Parents will freely speak up if they see something that may negatively affect patient care and feel free to question those with more authority | ||
I will freely speak up if I see something that may negatively affect my child's care | –§ | 0.84 |
I feel free to question the decisions or actions of healthcare providers | 0.84 (0.09) | 0.70 |
I am afraid to ask questions when something does not seem right | 0.96 (0.10) | 0.80 |
Handoffs and transitions—Important patient care information is transferred across hospital units and during shift changes | ||
Things ‘fall between the cracks’ when transferring patients from one unit to another | –§ | 0.88 |
Problems often occur in the exchange of information across hospital units | 0.81 (0.06) | 0.71 |
Shift changes are problematic for patients in this hospital | 1.03 (0.07) | 0.90 |
Important patient care information is often lost during shift changes | 1.06 (0.08) | 0.93 |
*All item responses on a five-point scale (1, strongly disagree, 5, strongly agree). Negatively worded items were reverse scored.
†Unstandardised factor loadings are on the original item scales, reflecting the extent to which the domain covaries with the item.
‡Standardised factor loadings reflect the extent to which the domain is correlated with the item.
§The base item in the scale with a fixed value of 1.00 is indicated with –.