Per cent-positive scores for patient safety climate scales by institution
| Respondents with positive perceptions* % (95% CI) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scale | Institution A n=147 | Institution B n=126 | Institution C n=128 | Institution D n=169 | Institution E n=94 | Institution F n=93 |
| SAQ–Teamwork | 63% (55 to 71) | 67% (58 to 75) | 55% (47 to 64) | 62% (55 to 69) | 50% (40 to 60) | 54% (44 to 64) |
| SAQ–Safety | 55% (47 to 63) | 59% (50 to 67) | 50% (41 to 59) | 48% (40 to 55) | 54% (44 to 64) | 42% (32 to 52) |
| SUC-Safe | 35% (28 to 44)†‡ | 33% (25 to 42)†‡ | 35% (27 to 43)† | 34% (27 to 41)† | 31% (22 to 40)‡ | 34% (25 to 44)† |
| SUC-Prof | 13% (8 to 19)†‡§ | 17% (11 to 24)†‡§ | 16% (9 to 22)†‡§ | 11% (6 to 16)†‡§ | 16% (9 to 23)†‡ | 13% (6 to 20)†‡§ |
*Respondents with positive perceptions were defined as respondents with a particular climate scale score of ≥75 on a 0–100 scale for which 100 is best. The SUC-Safe and SUC-Prof scale scores were created using the reduced item set that came out of the CFA. Because we tested six unique comparisons of the proportion of respondents with positive perceptions of a particular climate within each of the seven institutions, a Bonferroni-adjusted significance level of 0.001 was calculated to account for the increased possibility of type-I error.
†p<0.001 for climate with lower proportion of respondents within an institution with positive perceptions compared with teamwork (SAQ—Teamwork).
‡p<0.001 for climate with lower proportion of respondents within an institution with positive perceptions compared with safety climate (SAQ—Safety).
§p<0.001 for climate with lower proportion of respondents within an institution with positive perceptions compared with the speaking up climate for safety (SUC-Safe).
CFA, confirmatory factor analysis.