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Development and Validation of the Korean Patient Safety Culture Scale for Nursing Homes
Sook Hee Yoon, Byungsoo Kim, Se Young Kim
Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing 2013;43(3):379-388.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4040/jkan.2013.43.3.379
Published online: June 28, 2013

1Department of Nursing, Institute of Health Science, Inje University, Busan, Korea.

2Department of Data Science, Institute of Statistical Information, Inje University, Gimhae, Korea.

3Department of Nursing, Mokpo National University, Muan-gun, Korea.

Address reprint requests to: Kim, Se Young. Department of Nursing, Mokpo National University, 1666 Yeongsan-ro, Cheonggye-myeon, Muan-gun 534-729, Korea. Tel: +82-42-259-1718, Fax: +82-42-259-1709, sarakimk@eulji.ac.kr
• Received: November 11, 2012   • Accepted: April 11, 2013

© 2013 Korean Society of Nursing Science

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  • Purpose
    The purpose of this study was to develop a tool to evaluate patient safety culture in nursing homes and to test its validity and reliability.
  • Methods
    A preliminary tool was developed through interviews with focus group, content validity tests, and a pilot study. A nationwide survey was conducted from February to April, 2011, using self-report questionnaires. Participants were 982 employees in nursing homes. Data were analyzed using Cronbach's alpha, item analysis, factor analysis, and multitrait/multi-Item analysis.
  • Results
    From the results of the analysis, 27 final items were selected from 49 items on the preliminary tool. Items with low correlation with total scale were excluded. The 4 factors sorted by factor analysis contributed 63.4% of the variance in the total scale. The factors were labeled as leadership, organizational system, working attitude, management practice. Cronbach's alpha for internal consistency was .95 and the range for the 4 factors was from .86 to .93.
  • Conclusion
    The results of this study indicate that the Korean Patient Safety Culture Scale has reliability and validity and is suitable for evaluation of patient safety culture in Korean nursing homes.
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Table 1
General Characteristics (N=982)
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Table 2
Factor Analysis and Reliability (N=982)
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LM=Leadership of manager; WA=Work attitude; OS=Organizational system; MP=Managerial practice.

Table 3
Multitrait/Multi-item Matrix (Correlation Matrix Corrected for Overlap) for Item Convergent and Item Discriminant
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LM=Leadership of manager; WA=Work attitude; OS=Organizational system; MP=Managerial practice.

Table 4
Correlation between Patient Safety Culture, Sub-scales, Degree of Patient Safety, and Error Experience (N=982)
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**p<.01; ( )=Cronbach's α of each subscale.

Table 5
Comparison of Sub-scales among Patient Safety Culture Tools
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*,,: included twice.

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    General Characteristics (N=982)

    Factor Analysis and Reliability (N=982)

    LM=Leadership of manager; WA=Work attitude; OS=Organizational system; MP=Managerial practice.

    Multitrait/Multi-item Matrix (Correlation Matrix Corrected for Overlap) for Item Convergent and Item Discriminant

    LM=Leadership of manager; WA=Work attitude; OS=Organizational system; MP=Managerial practice.

    Correlation between Patient Safety Culture, Sub-scales, Degree of Patient Safety, and Error Experience (N=982)

    **p<.01; ( )=Cronbach's α of each subscale.

    Comparison of Sub-scales among Patient Safety Culture Tools

    *,,: included twice.

    Table 1 General Characteristics (N=982)

    Table 2 Factor Analysis and Reliability (N=982)

    LM=Leadership of manager; WA=Work attitude; OS=Organizational system; MP=Managerial practice.

    Table 3 Multitrait/Multi-item Matrix (Correlation Matrix Corrected for Overlap) for Item Convergent and Item Discriminant

    LM=Leadership of manager; WA=Work attitude; OS=Organizational system; MP=Managerial practice.

    Table 4 Correlation between Patient Safety Culture, Sub-scales, Degree of Patient Safety, and Error Experience (N=982)

    **p<.01; ( )=Cronbach's α of each subscale.

    Table 5 Comparison of Sub-scales among Patient Safety Culture Tools

    *,,: included twice.


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