Analysis of the convergence of the Safety Attitudes Questionnaire and the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture.

Abstract

to analyze patient safety culture from nursing professionals' perception at a university hospital, by assessing the convergence between the Safety Attitudes Questionnaire and the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture. a cross-sectional study, with 434 nursing professionals. Data collection took place through the application of both instruments. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used. in the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture, the "teamwork within the units" dimension was considered a strong area of patient safety. In the Safety Attitudes Questionnaire, the "job satisfaction" and "perception of stress" domains reached the score for a good safety culture. Patient safety culture perception is correlated, in both instruments, with high magnitude. the two instruments converge towards a similar assessment of patient safety culture.