Table 2.
Percent positive scores in each dimension and question in both groups
| Short original HSOPS | Question wording | Positive scores group B (%) | short Reversed HSOPS | Question wording | Positive scores group A (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1- Organizational culture continued imp rovement | 71.2 | 55* | ||||
| A6. We are actively doing things to improve patient safety | + | 84.4 | We aren’t actively doing things to improve patient safety | – | 69.5* | |
| A9. Mistakes have led to positive changes here | + | 54.6 | Mistakes have not led to positive changes here | – | 39.7* | |
| A13. After we make changes to improve patient safety, we evaluate their effectiveness | + | 74.5 | We don’t evaluate the effectiveness of changes which had made to improve patient safety | – | 55.7* | |
| 2- Teamwork within units | 69.2 | 63.6 | ||||
| A1. People support one another in this unit | + | 78.7 | People don’t support one another in this unit | – | 67.2* | |
| A3. When a lot of work needs to be done quickly, we work together as a team to get the work done | + | 67.4 | When a lot of work needs to be done quickly, we rarely work together as a team to get the work done | – | 67.1 | |
| A4. In this unit, people treat each other with respect | + | 89.4 | In this unit, people don’t treat each other with respect | – | 83.2 | |
| A11. When one area in this unit gets really busy, others help out | + | 41.1 | When one area in this unit gets really busy, others don’t help | – | 35.9 | |
| 3- Non punitive response to error | 16.1 | 18.8 | ||||
| A8. Staff feel like their mistakes are held against them | – | 15.6 | Staff feel like nobody hold their mistakes against them | + | 18.3 | |
| A12. When an event is reported, it feels like the person is being written up, not the problem | – | 17.7 | When an event is reported, it feels like the problem is being considered, and the person isn’t being written up. | + | 20.6 | |
| A16. Staff worry that mistakes they make are kept in their personnel file | 14.9 | Staff don’t worry that mistakes they make are kept in their personnel file | + | 17.6 | ||
| 4- Staffing | 21.8 | 25.5 | ||||
| A2. We have enough staff to handle the workload | + | 16.3 | We have not enough staff to handle the workload | 11.5 | ||
| A5. Staff in this unit work longer hours than is best for patient care | - | 22 | Staff in this unit work adequate hours, that is best for patient care | + | 20.6 | |
| A7. We use more agency/temporary staff than is best for patient care | – | 32.6 | We use enough agency/temporary staff that is best for patient care | + | 44.3* | |
| A14. We work in “crisis mode” trying to do too much, too quickly | – | 16.3 | We work in “normal mode” and there aren’t too much work to do too quickly | + | 25.2* | |
| 5- Hospital handoffs and transitions | 49.1 | 52.3 | ||||
| F3. Things “fall between the cracks” when transferring patients from one unit to another | – | 35.4 | Nothing “fall between the cracks” when transferring patients from one unit to another | + | 36.6 | |
| F5. Important patient care information is often lost during shift changes | – | 61.7 | Important patient care information is rarely lost during shift changes | + | 71 | |
| F7. Problems often occur in the exchange of information across hospital units | – | 41.8 | Problems rarely occur in the exchange of information across hospital units | + | 40.5 | |
| F11. Shift changes are problematic for patients in this hospital | – | 57.4 | Shift changes are not problematic for patients in this hospital | + | 61.1 |
* Significantly different t test at p- 0.05