Table 3.

Patient Safety Culture Composite Level Results of Bale Zone Hospitals, Southeast Ethiopia, 2017(N=518)

Patient Safety Culture Dimension	Number of Items	Cronbach’s Alpha	Total Variance Explained (in %)	Positive Safety Culture Score (in %)
Teamwork within units	4	0.72	55.3	73.4 (71.4–75.2)
Organizational learning – Continuous improvement	3	0.65	60	66.7 (64.4–69.0)
Non-punitive response to error	3	0.53	51.6	31.2 (28.9–33.6)
Level of staffing	4	0.51	68.5	33.9 (31.9–35.9)
Perception of patient safety	4	0.15	44.6	45.3 (43.1–47.4)
Supervisor expectations and actions promoting safety	4	0.82	68.8	41.7 (39.6–43.9)
Communication openness	3	0.67	53.4	41.5 (39–43.9)
Feedback and communication about error	3	0.76	70.5	43 (40.5–45.5)
Frequency of event reporting	3	0.73	65	37 (34.8–39.6)
Management support for patient safety	3	0.82	57.2	30.5 (28.3–32.8)
Teamwork across hospital unit	4	0.64	76.6	46.5 (44.4–48.7)
Hospital handoffs and transitions	4	0.77	59.4	33 (31–35)
Overall level of patient safety culture	42	0.80	64	44 (43.3–44.6)