Safety Performance of Healthcare Professionals
Validation and Use of the Adapted Workplace Health and Safety Instrument
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15474136 |
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| Authors | Lina Heier (0000-0003-1360-3655, University Hospital Bonn, corresponding author), Nikoloz Gambashidze (0000-0001-8113-0963, University Hospital Bonn, corresponding author), Judith Hammerschmidt (0000-0003-4159-2121, University Hospital Bonn), Donia Riouchi (0000-0001-5569-6250, University Hospital Bonn), Matthias Weigl (0000-0003-2408-1725, University Hospital Bonn), Andrew Neal (0000-0002-5344-9376, The University of Queensland), Andrea Icks (0000-0002-4882-969X, Düsseldorf University Hospital), Peter Brossart (0009-0002-9324-5527, University Hospital Bonn), Franziska Geiser (0000-0002-4212-9692, University Hospital Bonn), Nicole Ernstmann (0000-0001-7685-6110, University Hospital Bonn) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 15 |
| Pages | 7816-7816 |
| Publication date | 2021-07-23 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601 |
| Publisher | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH) |
| DOI | 10.3390/ijerph18157816 |
| PMID | 34360109 |
| OpenAlex | W3186995201 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 7 |
Improving patient safety and reducing occupational accidents are two of the main challenges in healthcare. Instruments to measure safety performance and occupational safety are rare. This study aimed to prepare and validate a German version of the adapted workplace health and safety instrument to assess the safety performance of healthcare professionals. Overall, 168 healthcare professionals participated in this explorative cross-sectional study. The instrument consists of 16 items related to safety performance in four dimensions. We calculated mean values and standard deviations for each individual item and those of the four dimensions of the instrument. We evaluated internal consistency and construct validity, explored the dimensionality of the instrument through exploratory factor analysis, and tested how our data fit with the original model with confirmatory factor analysis. Among the participants, 73.8% were nurses and nurses in training, with the majority of the sample being female (71.9%) and younger than 30 (52.5%). Cronbach's alpha for all four dimensions was >0.7. All items were loaded on factors according to the original theoretical model. Confirmatory factor analysis showed good model fit (normed χ2/df = 1.43 (≤2.5), root mean square error of approximation = 0.06 (≤0.07), goodness of fit index = 0.90 (>0.90), comparative fit index = 0.95 (≥0.90), and Tucker-Lewis index = 0.93 (>0.90). The German version of the instrument demonstrated acceptable properties and was a good fit to the original theoretical model, allowing measurement of healthcare professionals' safety knowledge, motivation, compliance, and participation
Confirmatory factor analysis · Construct validity · Cronbach's alpha · Exploratory factor analysis · Goodness of fit · Health care · Occupational safety and health · Patient safety · Psychometrics · Statistics · Structural equation modeling · Applied Psychology · Clinical Psychology · Mathematics · Medicine · Nursing · Occupational Health and Safety Research · Psychology · Quality and Safety in Healthcare · Risk and Safety Analysis
Vers une méthodologie de validation trans-culturelle de questionnaires psychologiques
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Translating Questionnaires and Inventories Using a Cross-Cultural Translation Technique
Evaluating Structural Equation Models with Unobservable Variables and Measurement Error
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