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Dimensions and reliability of a hospital safety climate questionnaire in C hinese health‐care practice
Author(s) -
Smith Derek R,
Zhao Isabella,
Wang Lina,
Ho Alan
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
international journal of nursing practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.62
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1440-172X
pISSN - 1322-7114
DOI - 10.1111/ijn.12046
Subject(s) - housekeeping , safety climate , reliability (semiconductor) , health care , nursing , occupational safety and health , internal consistency , patient safety , medicine , personal protective equipment , psychology , family medicine , political science , disease , covid-19 , infectious disease (medical specialty) , biochemistry , chemistry , power (physics) , physics , pathology , quantum mechanics , law , patient satisfaction , gene
The aim of the current study was to examine the dimensions and reliability of a hospital safety climate questionnaire in C hinese health‐care practice. To achieve this, a cross‐sectional survey of health‐care professionals was undertaken at a university teaching hospital in Shandong province, C hina. Our survey instrument demonstrated very high internal consistency, comparing well with previous research in this field conducted in other countries. Factor analysis highlighted four key dimensions of safety climate, which centred on employee personal protection, employee interactions, safety‐related housekeeping and time pressures. Overall, this study suggests that hospital safety climate represents an important aspect of health‐care practice in contemporary C hina.