Table 4.

Patient safety culture composite level results of Jimma zone hospitals, Southwest Ethiopia, 2015 (N = 596)

Patient safety culture dimensions	Number of Items	Cronbach’s alpha	Positive safety culture score
Teamwork within hospital departments	4	0.802	82 %(74–89)
Organizational learning	3	0.79	71.3 %(61–87)
Teamwork across hospital departments	4	0.72	59.5 %(49–70)
Overall perception of patient safety	4	0.62	50.5 %(36–62)
Supervisor expectation and action promoting safety	4	0.63	48.5 %(38–55)
Communication openness	3	0.65	46 %(45–47)
Hospital management support for patient safety	3	0.68	42.7 %(41–44)
Hospital handoffs and transitions	4	0.81	41.5 %(35–47)
Staffing	4	0.608	35.25 %(27–44)
Feedback and communication about error	3	0.80	33 %(28–37)
Frequency of event reporting	3	0.88	27 %(25–30)
Non punitive response to error	3	0.74	23.7 %(20–29)
Overall level of patient safety culture	42	0.84	46.7 %