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. 2018 Sep 27;15(10):2131. doi: 10.3390/ijerph15102131

Table 6.

Patient Safety Culture model—Correlations of independent variables and the outcome “perceived patient safety”.

Independent Variables (Scales and Factors) 1 Dependent Variable (Factor)
Pearson correlation Sig. (2-tailed) N
COPSOQ—Psychosocial working conditions
Job satisfaction (scale) 0.54 ** 0.000 971
CBI—Patient-related burnout
Patient-related burnout (scale) −0.30 ** 0.000 971
TLI short—Transformational leadership
Transformational leadership (scale) 0.39 ** 0.000 949
HSPSC-D and TWINS Patient Safety—Patient Safety Culture
Staffing (scale) 0.52 ** 0.000 974
Management support for patient safety (scale) 0.66 ** 0.000 974
Organizational learning (scale) 0.60 ** 0.000 974
Feedback and communication about error (scale) 0.55 ** 0.000 974
Handoffs and transitions (scale) 0.44 ** 0.000 974
Supervisor support for patient safety (scale) 0.57 ** 0.000 949
Patient safety-related behaviour of the direct supervisor (factor) 0.45 ** 0.000 949
Patient safety-related behaviour of the hospital management (factor) 0.55 ** 0.000 949
Individual influence on how well patient safety is implemented at the workplace (single item) 0.46 ** 0.000 949

1 Dependent variable (factor): perceived patient safety (factor). ** Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (two-tailed).