Measuring a caring culture in hospitals: a systematic review of instruments.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To identify instruments or components of instruments that aim to measure aspects of a caring culture-shared beliefs, norms and values that direct professionals and managers to act caring in hospitals, and to evaluate their psychometric properties.

Design

Systematic review.

Data sources

PubMed, CINAHL, EMBASE, PsychInfo, Web of Science and the International bibliography of the Social Sciences.

Study selection

Peer-reviewed articles describing (components of) instruments measuring aspects of a caring culture in a hospital setting. Studies had to report psychometric data regarding the reliability or validity of the instrument. Potentially useful instruments that were identified after the title and abstract scan were assessed on relevance by an expert pan

SUBMITTER: Hesselink G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3787470 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature