Swedish translation and psychometric testing of the safety attitudes questionnaire (operating room version).

ABSTRACT:

Background

Tens of millions of patients worldwide suffer from avoidable disabling injuries and death every year. Measuring the safety climate in health care is an important step in improving patient safety. The most commonly used instrument to measure safety climate is the Safety Attitudes Questionnaire (SAQ). The aim of the present study was to establish the validity and reliability of the translated version of the SAQ.

Methods

The SAQ was translated and adapted to the Swedish context. The survey was then carried out with 374 respondents in the operating room (OR) setting. Data was received from three hospitals, a total of 237 responses. Cronbach's alpha and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was used to evaluate the reliability and validity of the instrument.

Results

SUBMITTER: Goras C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3618303 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature