Content validity and internal consistency of the Dutch translation of the Safety Attitudes Questionnaire: An observational study

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 327-337

  Devriendt, Els ^a,b   Van den Heede, Koen ^a   Coussement, Joke ^a   Dejaeger, Eddy ^b   Surmont, Kurt ^b   Heylen, Dirk ^b   Schwendimann, René ^c   Sexton, Bryan ^d   Wellens, Nathalie I H ^a   Boonen, Steven ^b   Milisen, Koen ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes of health personnel; Hospital; Medical errors; Organisational culture; Psychometrics; Questionnaires; Safety Attitudes Questionnaire; Safety management; Validation studies

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; NETHERLANDS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAFETY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAFETY; TRANSLATING;

EID: 84857691740     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2011.10.002     Document Type: Article

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