Exploratory factor analysis with varimax rotation: factor loadings >0.3 of the 42 items of the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture
| Factors | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
| Cooperation across units (F4) | 0.65 | |||||||||
| Units work well together (F10) | 0.60 | |||||||||
| Units do not coordinate well (F2R) | 0.62 | |||||||||
| Unpleasant to work with staff (F6R) | 0.60 | |||||||||
| Things fall between cracks (F3R) | 0.66 | |||||||||
| Information often lost (F5R) | 0.65 | |||||||||
| Problems in exchange of information (F7R) | 0.76 | |||||||||
| Shift changes problematic (F11R) | 0.49 | |||||||||
| Feedback about changes (C1) | 0.64 | |||||||||
| Informed about errors (C3) | 0.68 | |||||||||
| Discuss ways to prevent errors (C5) | 0.60 | |||||||||
| Staff speak freely (C2) | 0.62 | |||||||||
| Feel free to question authority (C4) | 0.68 | |||||||||
| Afraid to ask questions (C6R) | 0.36 | 0.47 | ||||||||
| People support one another (A1) | 0.70 | |||||||||
| We work together as a team (A3) | 0.81 | |||||||||
| People treat each other with respect (A4) | 0.78 | |||||||||
| When busy, others help out (A11) | 0.64 | |||||||||
| Incident caught and corrected (D1) | 0.82 | |||||||||
| Mistake has no potential to harm (D2) | 0.89 | |||||||||
| Mistake could harm (D3) | 0.84 | |||||||||
| Supervisor says a good word (B1) | 0.59 | |||||||||
| Supervisor considers staff suggestions (B2) | 0.73 | |||||||||
| Work faster, take shortcuts (B3R) | 0.68 | |||||||||
| Supervisor overlooks safety problems (B4R) | 0.74 | |||||||||
| Patient safety never sacrificed (A15) | 0.56 | |||||||||
| Systems good at preventing errors (A18) | 0.69 | |||||||||
| It's just by chance (A10R) | 0.53 | |||||||||
| We have safety problems (A17R) | 0.72 | |||||||||
| Management provides work climate (F1) | 0.73 | |||||||||
| Patient safety is top priority (F8) | 0.81 | |||||||||
| Interested only after adverse event (F9R) | 0.68 | |||||||||
| Mistakes held against them (A8R) | 0.65 | |||||||||
| Person written up (A12R) | 0.41 | |||||||||
| Mistakes kept in personnel file (A16R) | 0.70 | |||||||||
| Doing things to improve safety (A6) | 0.62 | |||||||||
| Mistakes have led to positive changes (A9) | 0.59 | |||||||||
| Evaluate effectiveness (A13) | 0.65 | |||||||||
| Enough staff to handle workload (A2) | 0.32 | 0.58 | ||||||||
| Staff work longer hours (A5R) | 0.67 | |||||||||
| Use more agency/temporary staff (A7R) | 0.62 | |||||||||
| Do too much too quickly (A14R) | 0.35 | 0.50 | ||||||||