Background The perceived importance of safety culture in improving patient safety and its
impact on patient outcomes has led to a growing interest in the assessment of safety climate …

Despite the importance of safety climate assessment in healthcare, the psychometric
properties of existing safety climate surveys have seldom been tested. We developed a …

Objective As healthcare organisations endeavour to improve the quality and safety of their
services, there is increasing recognition of the importance of building a culture of safety to …

Background The study of safety culture and its relationship to patient care have been
challenged by variation in definition, dimensionality and methods of assessment. This …

Aim: To review quantitative studies of safety climate in health care to examine the
psychometric properties of the questionnaires designed to measure this construct. Method: A …

Background and aims Safety climate measurement is a key input into safety culture
development. The aim of this review is to provide an overview of the safety climate measures …

Abstract Rationale, Aims, and Objectives Measures of safety climate are increasingly used to
guide safety improvement initiatives. However, cost and respondent burden may limit the …

Abstract Background The Safety Attitudes Questionnaire (SAQ) is commonly used to assess
staff perception of safety climate within their clinical environment. The psychometric …

Purpose To determine the effectiveness of patient safety culture strategies to improve
hospital patient safety climate. Data sources Electronic search of the Cochrane Library …

Safety Climate has been acknowledged as an unspecific factor influencing patient safety.
However, studies rarely provide in-depth analysis of climate data. As a helpful approach, the …