Internal consistency (Cronbach α) of dimension scores measured by the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture in this study and other published sources
| This study | Original4 | Other studies7–1425 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension | Range | Median | ||
| Overall perception of safety | 0.68 | 0.74 | 0.26–0.76 | 0.62 |
| Frequency of event reporting | 0.86 | 0.84 | 0.79–0.88 | 0.83 |
| Supervisor expectations and actions | 0.75 | 0.75 | 0.57–0.78 | 0.70 |
| Organisational learning | 0.57 | 0.76 | 0.50–0.68 | 0.64 |
| Teamwork within hospital units | 0.80 | 0.83 | 0.66–0.83 | 0.77 |
| Communication openness | 0.67 | 0.72 | 0.46–0.72 | 0.64 |
| Feedback and communication about error | 0.77 | 0.78 | 0.46–0.82 | 0.76 |
| Non-punitive response to error | 0.60 | 0.79 | 0.53–0.72 | 0.69 |
| Staffing | 0.61 | 0.63 | 0.44–0.65 | 0.58 |
| Hospital management support | 0.79 | 0.83 | 0.59–0.83 | 0.69 |
| Teamwork across hospital units | 0.71 | 0.80 | 0.59–0.76 | 0.70 |
| Hospital handoffs and transitions | 0.78 | 0.80 | 0.65–0.76 | 0.72 |
| Median α | 0.73 | 0.78 | 0.60–0.74 | 0.69 |