Table 3.

The psychometric properties of patient safety competence instruments in nursing

Instruments	Sample	Face validity	Construct validity	Criterion validity	Reliability	Sensitivity	Responsiveness	Translations
Patient Safety Attitudes, Skills and Knowledge (PS-ASK)	Nursing students	X	X		X		X	English, Lithuanian
Attitudes to Patient Safety Questionnaire III (APSQ III)	Medical students	X	X	X	X			English, Arabic
Health Care Professionals Patient Safety Assessment Curriculum Survey (HPPSACS)	Nursing students	X	X		X	X		English
The Health Professional Education in Patient safety Survey (H-PEPSS)	Health professionals	X	X		X			English, Italian, Arabic, Chinese, Turkish, French
Patient Safety Competency Self Evaluation (PSCSE)	Nursing students	X	X		X			Korean
Nurses’ Attitudes and Skills around Updated Safety Concepts (NASUS) Scale	Nurses				X			English
The Medical Student Safety Attitudes and Professionalism Survey (MSSAPS)	Medical students/ nursing students	X	X	X	X			English, Chinese
Medical Students’ Questionnaire of Knowledge, Skills, and Attitude regarding patient safety (MSQ-KSA)	Medical students/nursing students		X		X			English
The Patient Safety Competency Nurse Evaluation Scale (PSCNES)	Nurses		X		X			Chinese