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Table 2.

Characteristics of included studies

Author/country	Name of questionnaire	Main study object	Target group	Workplace Setting	Items/domains	Response format	Additional literature	Group/appraisal
Adams & Bond (1995) [42]/UK	The Ward Organisational Features Scales -WOFS	Environmental factors influential on the effectiveness of nursing services	Registered nurses	Hospital	105/14	4- and 5-point scales		1
Sjetne & Stavem (2006) [89]/Norway	The Ward Organisational Features Scales -WOFS		Registered nurses	Hospital	93/12 (did not use 2 domains)	4- and 5-point scales		1
Edvardsson et al. (2009) [40]/Sweden	Person-centred Climate Questionnaire – PCQ-S	Person-centred climate	Healthcare staff	Hospital	14/3	6-point scale		1
Bergland et al. (2012) [48]/Norway			Care staff	Nursing homes
Edvardsson et al. (2015) [90]/Sweden			All staff on duty
Bondevik et al. (2014) [71]/Norway	The safety attitudes questionnaire – ambulatory Norwegian version for the primary care setting – SAQ-AV	Patient safety culture	Registered nurses, medical secretaries and bioengineers, medical doctors	Out-of-hours casualty clinics & general practitioner practices	62/5	5-point scale		1
Buljac-Samardzic et al. (2016) [61]/Netherlands		Patient safety culture	Direct care employees	Nursing and residential homes	62/5	5-point scale		1
Chou et al. (2002) [51]/UK	Measure of job satisfaction for nursing homes. Based on Traynor & Wade –MJS (1993) [91]/UK	Job satisfaction	All staff	Nursing homes	22/5	5-point scale	Traynor & Wade (1993) [91] /UK	1
Ellenbecker & Byleckie (2005) [59]/USA	Home healthcare nurse’s job sat. scale – HHNJS	Home healthcare nurse’s job satisfaction	All healthcare workers	Home healthcare	30/9	5-point scale		1
Ellenbecker et al. (2008) [92]/USA	Home healthcare nurse’s job sat. scale – HHNJS	Home healthcare nurse’s job satisfaction	All healthcare workers	Home healthcare	30/9	5-point scale		1
^aEstabrooks et al. (2009) [36]/Canada	Alberta Context Tool – ACT	Organizational context central to evidence-based practice	Paediatric nurses	Hospitals	56–58/ 10	5-point scale		1
			Nurses (Registered nurses, licensed practical nurses)	Elder care facilities			Eldh et al. (2013) [93] /Sweden
			Healthcare aides	Nursing homes			Estabrooks et al. (2013) [60] /Canada
			Professional nurses	Different care settings			Squires et al. (2013) [94]/Canada
Flint et al. (2013) [55]/Australia	Brisbane Practice Environment Measure - B-PEM	Nurses’ practice environment	Registered nurses	Hospital	26/4	5-point scale	Webster et al. (2009) [95] /Australia	1
Reid et al. (2015) [96]/Australia	Brisbane Practice Environment Measure - B-PEM	Nurses’ practice environment	Registered nurses	Sample	28/5	5-point scale	Webster et al. (2009) [95] /Australia	1
Murrells et al. (2005) [69]/UK	Instrument for job satisfaction in nursing developed for the UK	Nurses’ job satisfaction	Nurses	All settings	20/6	5-point scale		1
^aTemkin-Greener et al. (2009) [35]/USA	Work environment and perceived work effectiveness	Nursing home work environment and perceived work effectiveness	All employees	Nursing homes	68/5	5-point scale		1
Andersson & Lindgren (2008) [53]/Sweden	Karen-personnel	Quality of care from personnel’s perspective	Registered nurses, nurse assistants	Hospital	35/6	5-point scale	Andersson & Lindgren (2013) [97] /Sweden	2
Castle (2010) [46]/USA	Nursing home certified nurse assistant job satisfaction questionnaire – NH-CNA-JSQ	Certified nurse assistant Job satisfaction	Certified nurse assistants	Nursing homes	19/7	Visual analogue rating format (10- point scale)		2
^ade Brouwer, et al. (2014) [37]/Netherlands	Essentials of Magnetism -EOMII	Essentials of a productive nurse work environment identified by nurses practicing in Magnet hospitals	Nurses with vocational training, Bachelor degree nurses	Hospital	58/8	4-point scale	Schmalenberg & Kramer (2008) [21] /USA	2
Deilkas & Hofoss (2008) [70]/Norway	Norwegian version of the Safety Attitudes Questionnaire, Generic version (Short Form 2006) – SAQ	Patient safety culture	Physicians, nurses, physio-therapists, radiographers	Hospital	36/7	5-point scale	Sexton et al. (2006) [98] /USA, UK, New Zealand	2
From et al. (2013) [50]/Sweden	The Creative Climate Questionnaire – CCQ (Generic)	Creative climate	All care workers	Long-term care	50/10	4-point scale	Mathisen & Einarsen (2004) [99]/R	2
Ives-Erickson et al. (2015) [43]/USA	The patient care associates’ work environment scale – PCA-WES	Patient care associates’ practice environment in the acute care settings	Nurse aides	hospital	35/5	4-point scale		2
Lake (2002) [14]/USA	Practice Environment Scale of the Nursing Work Index – PES-NWI	Nurses’ practice environment	Registered nurses	Hospital	31/5	4-point scale		2
Cummings et al. (2006) [17]/Canada				Hospital
Spence-Laschinger (2008) [66]/Canada				Hospital
Flynn et al. (2010) [3]/USA				Nursing homes
Gajewski et al. (2010) [100]/USA				Hospital
Jarrin et al. (2014) [63]/USA				Home healthcare
Lynn et al. (2009) [101]/USA	Satisfaction in Nursing Scale – SINS	Work satisfaction	Registered nurses	Hospital	55/4	5-point scale		2
Mensik (2007) [65]/USA	Dimensions of Magnetism instrument – DOM	Dimensions of Magnetism	Nurses	Home healthcare	37	Checklist −10 most important		2
Mueller & Savik (2010) [49]/USA	Nursing Practice Model Questionnaire – NPMQ	Nursing practice model	Registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, nursing assistants	Long-term care	37/5	yes/no 3-point scale		2
Slater et al. (2009) [56]/Ireland	The Nursing Context Index – NCI	Nurses practice environment (person-centred practice framework)	Registered nurses	Hospital	89/19	7-point scale.	McCormack et al. (2010) [62] /Ireland	2
Slater et al. (2009) [56]/Ireland	The Nursing Context Index – NCI		Registered nurses	Residential settings for older people	89/19	7-point scale.	McCormack et al. (2010) [62] /Ireland	2
Tourangeau et al. (2006) [102]/Canada	McCloskey/Mueller satisfaction scale – MMSS	Nurse job satisfaction	Nurses	Hospital	23/7	5-point scale		2
Zuniga et al. (2013) [58]/Switzerland	Nursing Home Survey on Patient Safety Culture – NHSOPSC	Safety climate	Direct care nursing personnel & nursing unit supervisors	Nursing homes	42/12	5-point scale		2
Aiken & Patrician (2000) [13]/USA	Nursing Work Index-Revised – NWI-R	Nurses’ practice environment	Registered nurses	Hospital	57/4	4-point scale		3
Flynn et al. (2005) [57]/USA & New Zealand				Hospital, home care & district nursing	47/4
Cummings et al. (2006) [17]/Canada				Hospital
Joyce & Crooks (2007) [103]/Australia				Hospital	29/5
Li et al. (2007) [104]/USA				Hospital	21/4
Slater et al. (2010) [105]/Northern Ireland				Hospital	33/3
Sjetne et al. (2010) [106]/Norway				Hospital	26/5
Best & Thurston (2006) [107]/Canada	Index of Worklife Satisfaction – IWS	Worklife satisfaction	Public health nurses	Sample	Part A:15 Part B: 44	Paired comparisons and a 5-point scale		3
	Index of Worklife Satisfaction – IWS	Worklife satisfaction			Part B: 44	7-point scale	Zangaro & Soeken (2005) [108] /R	3
Castle (2006) [64]/USA	The Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture –HSOPSC	Safety culture	Nurse aides	Nursing homes	42/12	5-point scale		3
Blegen et al. (2009) [109]/USA	The Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture –HSOPSC	Safety culture	Healthcare staff	Hospitals	42/12	5-point scale		3
Castle et al. (2007b) [45]/USA	Nursing home nurse aide job satisfaction questionnaire – NHNA-JSQ	Nurse aide job satisfaction	Nurse aides	Nursing homes	21/7	Visual analogue rating format: 10-point scale	Castle (2007a) [110] /USA	3
Estabrooks et al. (2002) [111]/Canada	Practice Environment Index – Single factor model	Nurses’ practice environment	Registered nurses	Hospital	26/1	4-point scale		3
Cummings et al. (2006) [17]/Canada	Practice Environment Index – Single factor model	Nurses’ practice environment	Registered nurses	Hospital	26/1	4-point scale		3
Fairbrother et al. (2009) [41]/Australia	Nursing Workplace Satisfaction Questionnaire – NWSQ	Job satisfaction	Nurses	Hospital	14/3	Agreement- based scale		3
Kvist et al. (2012) [112]/Finland	Kuopio University Hospital Job Satisfaction Scale – KUHJSS	Job satisfaction	Nursing staff	Hospital	37/7	5-point scale		3
Lacey et al. (2011) [113]/USA	Organizational job satisfaction – OJS	Organizational job satisfaction	Nurses	Hospital	17/NI	4-point scale		3
LaMarche & Tullai-McGuinness (2009) [47] /USA	Misener nurse practitioner job satisfaction survey – MNPJSS	Nurse practitioner job satisfaction	Nurse practitioners	Primary healthcare	44/6	6-point scale		3
LaMarche & Tullai-McGuinness (2009) [47] /USA	Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire – MSQ-SF	Nurse practitioner job satisfaction	Nurse practitioners	Primary healthcare	20/2	5-point scale		3
Parmelee et al. (2009) [44]/USA	Nursing Assistants Barriers Scale – NABS	Perceived barriers to job performance	Nursing assistants	Nursing homes	30/6	NI		3
Santavirta (2003) [114]/Finland	Job content questionnaire – JCQ + parts from QPS-Nordic (Generic)	General questionnaire measuring working conditions	Teachers & nurses	Hospital	All studies used different parts/items	4- or 5-point scale		3
Larsson et al. (2013) [67]/Sweden			Home care aides, nursing assistants	Home care
Zhang et al. (2014) [68]/USA			All employees	Nursing homes
Tervo-Heikkinen et al. (2014) [115]/Finland	The RN Working Conditions Barometry Index form – RN-WCBI (based on NWI-R and QPS-Nordic)	Nurses’ work environment	Nurses	Sample – all settings	38 questions /207 statements	NI		3

^aFound through reading of reference lists

NI No Information found in literature

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